Last I checked, 60 was still the mandatory retirement age. Until that changes and ALL of the conditions have been spelled out, I wouldn't count on anything. Only if the rules get changed in the next 3 years will Tuckster have a 7 year airline career.

I'm not being pessimistic- I'm being realistic. Should things change down the road, all the better off he'll be.

I'm not saying don't go for it if it's your dream. However have realistic expectations on the process and understand that the chances of having a "full" career at the airlines (or even upgrading at a decent regional) are probably going to be difficult. Without a decent amount of PIC turbine time trying to get on at a fractional (while not impossible) will be difficult.

Like it or not, age does come into play (if only on a subconscious level) once you start to get up towards retirement, particularly when it comes to hiring people that companies are going to put a lot of money into training them.

Hello Again Sky, I am not going to get into a spraying war like two skunks. I have served in two conflicts , Desert Storm and Operation Restore Hope, (http://www.globalsecurity.org/milita...store_hope.htm) with my Marine unit. In Somalia, I had many rounds fired above, below and next to my head. Yes, I was a grunt, but proud of it. After being covered with a few of my fellow Marines blood in which one survived and one did not you realize whats important real fast! Thats why I will smile from ear to ear when I fly for an airline with shotty pay. Thats why I smile from ear to ear every day I hold my baby girl or the hours spent instructing. Because I am thankful to be here and to be able to do what I want with my life. The alternative could have been death. I think of the many servicemen and women that have lost their lives and will never have the chance to pursue their dreams or watch their kids grow up. Thats why I am pursuing my passion, so they didnt die in vein. How dare you tell me that I am passing on responsibility to my wife and saying I should be humiliated. You have your views in which I cannot change nor will I try because you are SKYHIGH! This is America and you can have any opinion you want, so enjoy it.

Perspective. Webster has it as "the capacity to view things in their true relations or relative importance."

Some cannot appreciate how good their life is until they see how bad it could be. It's like George Bailey's reality check, or working for a fly-by-night company that pencil-whips mx and then going to work for a quality operation. It can be worse. Some people have not had to see life from the other side.


Or life is like sex and pizza -- even when it's bad, it's still pretty good.:p

Carry on, Marine.

Shamrock, thanks for your service to our country.

Skyhigh is wasted bandwidth and he's lucky this site has a couple of admins that believe so highly in free speech that they provide him a place to be heard. I'm wishing it wasn't so, but I guess that's America for yeah.