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I see. Thank you. I heard he was actually the best pilot up there. That the Dir of Training ousted one of the best guys they could have had working for them??

Rumor was your class was overly rude and obnoxious …… they had to send a “babysitter” CP up there to help….especially with the guy that was sexually harassing the woman instructor??

TOTAL was 5.. 2 of those over 50. About 12% of the two classes. Spread across both the S5 and RW certificate.

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Originally Posted by usmc-sgt (Post 289055)

to contribute to this thread my initial class had one guy who was 46 years old (quit 2 days before the checkride) and one guy who was 40

...who turned 41 during training (that would be me). Over40, as someone in your shoes, I encourage you to do it. Like others have said, you don't want to look back on your life and wonder what if. I've wanted to fly for the airlines since I was 5 years old, and while I am well aware of what I'm in for, I am very much looking forward to my second career.

(I'd make a comment about how the Giants were robbed last night, but the fact of the matter is the Patriots earned the win, and it was a great game.)

4 pages of posts and no Sky High yet spreading the doom and gloom he is famous for?

And a side note, I was pulling for the New York Football Giants but it is obvious why one team last night is great and the other is average.

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Originally Posted by Over40 (Post 288971)

I am 46 years old and want nothing more than to fly for the airlines, I always have. I am at a great point for a career change, I know the money will suck for a while, but I think I can live with that. If the retirement age stays at 60 I'll still have 13 years or so, but if they change it to 65 I'll have 18 years.

I have enough time to qualify for most of the Regionals, I would just need to add a commercial, which I can do know problem. The question is am I too old. How do the airlines look at guys like me making a midlife career change?

Any advice?

Dude..

I'll be in the same boat as you too, I'll do 20 years here in the AF as an enlisted aircraft mechanic, gonna have to do my time in the trenches for my ratings to get where you are but I'll get there. I figure it will be a done deal - well, at least I hope I'll at least be close anyways - by the time I'm 43, I retire from active duy in 5 years and I'll be 38 then but in the meantime I'll get everything I can by then. I'm goin' for it, hell or high water..and you should too!

Mods: sorry about the brief pofound statement above.

*profound* is what I meant..these 12hr, 6 and 1's are killing me over here...

I want to thank everyone for the great advice! I think I'm going to go for it. I live in Houston so ExpressJet is the most obvious choice of places to start.

I plan on flying as much as I can in January to get my self current. I will also probably do an IPC and my commercial in Feb. I guess by March or April I'll be ready to start applying.

Any advice.

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Originally Posted by Over40 (Post 289639)

Sounds like a good plan. Don't just get current with the instruments, but proficient. Most of your time in the sim will be spent on the dials, so you want to be up to speed on them. Sounds like a good time line since ExpressJet isn't hiring right now and won't be running classes until around April. Good luck, let us know how it goes.

Become very, very proficient...*fairly proficient won't get you past sim 2!! Have some young whipper-snapper show you around Microsoft FlightSim :)

MicroSoft Flight Simulator

I'm only 46, and I have wanted to be an airline pilot my entire life. I have been playing MS FLightSim since the first version came out. Played it on an XT with a green monochrome screen.

Useing the program spunds like a great idea. Should I do anything special or just shoot approached and do holds?

I'll also spend a bunch of time in the aire as well. I sold a 172 and need to deliver it out to California. I also have access to a Piper Arrow IV and a Seneca.

Again anything special I should work on?