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Joe Gremlin · April 4th, 2009, 11:58

Others may disagree with me, but if you're starting from scratch at 36, I'd say the odds of you ending up in the front seat of a 747, 767, 777, 787 type of aircraft (A340 and A330 included) are about the same as the odds of winning the powerball lottery. That's not to say that you can't start at 36 and fly for a living. But making it to the frond seat of a heavy in the majors is going to be tough when all of your competition for those seats is 10 years younger than you are and has twice as much experience as you do.

April 4th, 2009, 11:58	#3
Joe Gremlin Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Trenton Posts: 608	Re: Is It Too Late to Look to Flying as a Career? Others may disagree with me, but if you're starting from scratch at 36, I'd say the odds of you ending up in the front seat of a 747, 767, 777, 787 type of aircraft (A340 and A330 included) are about the same as the odds of winning the powerball lottery. That's not to say that you can't start at 36 and fly for a living. But making it to the frond seat of a heavy in the majors is going to be tough when all of your competition for those seats is 10 years younger than you are and has twice as much experience as you do.