"S." wrote in message
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I would be interested in anyone's thoughts / opinions in this ng; long
and
considered, or short and pithy.

If you're looking to make spending money instead of rent, instructing
doesn't care so much about your age. The fact that you're not going to up
and fly the minute you pass your next airline interview can actually be an
advantage. I'm 29 and had two instructors both older than me. My private was
done with a part-time carpenter in his early 50s who was basically an
aviation hippie and my instrument instructor was in his mid 60s and was a
former defense engineer who got surplussed back shortly after we stopped
caring about the Soviets. He started his flying career in his early 50s and
has 12000 hours and an ATP and has done a variety of instructing, corporate
flying, and freight. So long as your health doesn't cause you problems (and
I know JAA standards are more demanding than in the US), it can be done.
Easy? Different question.

-cwk.