Not that I know about.

I was on the < 12 year track until 9/11 hit. CJO @ UAL a month before 9/11. Student pilot in 1990.

My best friend (white male) was hired at 26, and I (white male) was hired at 25.

The so called "affirmative action" hires are exceedingly few and far between.

Beat me to it, lol.

I know a guy, hired with less than 150hrs, retired at 60, and has a 35yr ALPA pin with a star. ( and only because they don't make 37yr pins).

You are right, there usually is a better story.;)

I'm sorry but the ultimate winner was a United pilot in our jumpseat from LAX to SEA. He was upper 50s and a 747 CA. I inquired how long he had been at United which led to how old he was when he was hired. Turns out, this guy was hired at United Airlines at the age of 22 in 1978. He was furloughed for about 3 years or so in the 70s but other than that has had a great career. That's 35 yrs of service already and he still has another ~8 yrs left. He'll retire at 65 after having been at United for 43 years!

Boy I am really screwing this thing up. My first flight was 10.5 years ago and I have not even upgraded. I am still on forced reserve. To think there were street captains at Mesaba when I was hired but I was too young to upgrade for a little over a year. And a merger and bankruptcy later I am just at close to the bottom as I was 6 months into Mesaba.

Over a decade ? Why is this special ?

20 years PPL to Legacy woohoo.

This thread represents everything I hate about this career.

I wouldn't say that. This is where the 90% luck part someone mentioned comes into play.
Most of the people I know were instructors or students when 9/11 happened. There have been a lot of derailments for many. Sometimes multiple. You can only truly know at the end of your career.