Too late to be a pilot?

Hi all,

I'm 36 years old and I'm wondering if it would be possible to become a
professional pilot. I've never taken a flight lesson - is it
possible, or am I dreaming? Even flying for a charter company would
be cool. Just wonderin'...

Fuzz

If you have decent health and you are motivated, of course it is possible.


"Fuzz" wrote in message
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Hi all,

I'm 36 years old and I'm wondering if it would be possible to become a
professional pilot. I've never taken a flight lesson - is it
possible, or am I dreaming? Even flying for a charter company would
be cool. Just wonderin'...

Fuzz

(Fuzz) wrote in
om:

Hi all,

I'm 36 years old and I'm wondering if it would be possible to become a
professional pilot. I've never taken a flight lesson - is it
possible, or am I dreaming? Even flying for a charter company would
be cool. Just wonderin'...

Fuzz


It may not be too late, but this may not be the best option for most
middle aged people who already have good jobs. The coolness wears off
very fast. Flying pays very little until you make it to the major
airlines (which may be unrealistic when starting at 36). You will spend
several years working as a CFI for minimum wages trying to get the hours
you need. If you are lucky, you will be hired for a commuter and make
about $20k per year. I know several people who took this route, got tired
of the low wages and gave up flying altogether. Another person lost his
medical, which put and end to the whole thing.

Man now I feel old. 36 is middle aged? It does explain some things though.


Paul Davis


"Andrew Sarangan" wrote in message
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(Fuzz) wrote in
om:

Hi all,

I'm 36 years old and I'm wondering if it would be possible to become a
professional pilot. I've never taken a flight lesson - is it
possible, or am I dreaming? Even flying for a charter company would
be cool. Just wonderin'...

Fuzz


It may not be too late, but this may not be the best option for most
middle aged people who already have good jobs. The coolness wears off
very fast. Flying pays very little until you make it to the major
airlines (which may be unrealistic when starting at 36). You will spend
several years working as a CFI for minimum wages trying to get the hours
you need. If you are lucky, you will be hired for a commuter and make
about $20k per year. I know several people who took this route, got tired
of the low wages and gave up flying altogether. Another person lost his
medical, which put and end to the whole thing.







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noone wrote in message ...

Man now I feel old. 36 is middle aged? It does explain some things
though.

Average life span is 75 or so. Where's the middle?

It might take several years to become a professional pilot and you may be 40
years old by then. But if you don't, you'll still be 40 in 5 more years.
Go for it. I got hired by an airline at age 44. And I'm still teaching
ground school and flight simulator in the MD-80 at age 70.

--

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"Fuzz" wrote in message
om...
Hi all,

I'm 36 years old and I'm wondering if it would be possible to become a
professional pilot. I've never taken a flight lesson - is it
possible, or am I dreaming? Even flying for a charter company would
be cool. Just wonderin'...

Fuzz

Fuzz,
it is never too late as long as you can pass the medical, have the right
attitude and desire.

Michelle

Fuzz wrote:

Hi all,

I'm 36 years old and I'm wondering if it would be possible to become a
professional pilot. I've never taken a flight lesson - is it
possible, or am I dreaming? Even flying for a charter company would
be cool. Just wonderin'...

Fuzz



--

Michelle P ATP-ASEL, CP-AMEL, and AMT-A&P

"Elisabeth" a Maule M-7-235B (no two are alike)

Volunteer Pilot, Angel Flight Mid-Atlantic

Volunteer Builder, Habitat for Humanity

On 5/3/04 12:11 PM, in article , "John
Gaquin" wrote:


noone wrote in message ...

Man now I feel old. 36 is middle aged? It does explain some things
though.

Average life span is 75 or so. Where's the middle?



75 is a fine life span IF you consider yourself average. I'm 47 and haven't
hit middle age yet.
--
Jeff 'The Wizard of Draws' Bucchino
Cartoons with a Touch of Magic�
www.wizardofdraws.com
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Michelle P wrote:

it is never too late as long as you can pass the medical, have the right
attitude and desire.

Don't you think 55 would be a bit late?

George Patterson
If you don't tell lies, you never have to remember what you said.

In article , Fuzz wrote:
Hi all,

I'm 36 years old and I'm wondering if it would be possible to become a
professional pilot. I've never taken a flight lesson - is it
possible, or am I dreaming?

Friend of mine got his first airline job, for Northwest Airlink, in his
40s. He probably started flying around his mid-30s. He's now a Captain
flying the Canadair Regional Jet.

Now's probably not a great hiring time for the airlines, but these
things are cyclical, and by the time you've enough hours hiring might be
up again.

--
Dylan Smith, Castletown, Isle of Man
Flying: http://www.dylansmith.net
Frontier Elite Universe: http://www.alioth.net
"Maintain thine airspeed, lest the ground come up and smite thee"