I am 32 yrs old and am about to begin commercial pilot training?

Question

is being 32 yrs old too much of a late start to get a job with an airline i have seen some jobs that said experience must be comensurate with age

Answer 1

32 years old is not too old at all.  If you go through all your pilot ratings and instructor for approximately 2 years to build experience as a pilot youll be ready for a job in 4 years, at 36.  You can now fly till your 65 due to a new law just recently being passed, so youve got at least 29 years to fly left in ya.  Thats longest case scenario.  Now, if you have tons of money and can afford to go somewhere like Jet University or ATP schools you can be interviewing in I believe its 9 months they claim.  Both of those schools guaruntee you job interviews upon completion of their program.  meaning you can be as young as 33 and applying for a job.  When i went through training at PSA Airlines (US Airways Express)  there were 3 guys in their mid 40's making midlife career changes.  Just be aware of the payscales at the regionals and make sure it fits your situation.  Good luck!

Answer 2

granted 32 isnt old at all you still have 28 years of flying good luck.

Answer 3

I started flying when I was 30 (a career change) and 10 years later I am happily employed with my 3rd airline, ready for an upgrade to the left seat.

I know that it took a couple of lucky breaks and being in the right place at the right time, but times were very hard a few years ago.

Now the regionals will hire you with 250 hours and an IFR rating.

If it is your dream, pursue it. I did and never looked back.

Answer 4

yeah it's abit too old i'm afraid. but u can still fly regionally.

Answer 5

its never too late. if you enjoy it, go for it. have fun and see you in the skies.

Answer 6

I don't know that many  commercial pilots but of the few I know 3 of them were over 35 when they got there commercial ratings. They did have quite a few hours as a privet pilot.

     Go for it and good luck

Answer 7

It depends what you want to do with your nesw license. It is a long hard road to the coveted left seat of a jumbo, but then you probably already know that. There are lots of other flying jobs though, regional, air ambulance, instructor and one that I personally think is pretty exciting, and very lucrative, is crop spraying. Also when you want to compare age with experience ( a term I have never in my life heard) a lot will depend on how vigourously you persue the opportunities. I had a fellow working for me about your age. At the time in question about 11 years ago, he didn't even have a pilots  license. About five years ago I heard he was flying a tremendous amount of hours in Air Ambulance.