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Doug Taylor · May 1st, 2009, 01:23

I know a guy who was in his late 30's that is a career changer. Stayed focused, upgraded to captain at a regional and is flying around a civilian P3 now. I'll bet you dollars to donuts that if Southernjets was hiring, with his P3 experience (this place is FULL of P3 guys) and PIC experience at a regional, he'd be in the front seat of a 767 probably out of indoc.

It really all depends on your drive, how well you're networked and keeping your head in the game. Got to play the game to win it, but you also have to accept that just showing up on the field isn't going to mean you're entitled to a touchdown.

This is coming from a guy from South "T" street in a small, dusty town in the San Joaquin valley of California with no aviation influence whatsoever in his family and a parent that thought that if man were meant to fly, we'd have wings.

May 1st, 2009, 01:23	#48
Doug Taylor Agent Smith Join Date: Dec 1969 Location: KSDL Posts: 50,368 Blog Entries: 1	Re: Is It Too Late to Look to Flying as a Career? I know a guy who was in his late 30's that is a career changer. Stayed focused, upgraded to captain at a regional and is flying around a civilian P3 now. I'll bet you dollars to donuts that if Southernjets was hiring, with his P3 experience (this place is FULL of P3 guys) and PIC experience at a regional, he'd be in the front seat of a 767 probably out of indoc. It really all depends on your drive, how well you're networked and keeping your head in the game. Got to play the game to win it, but you also have to accept that just showing up on the field isn't going to mean you're entitled to a touchdown. This is coming from a guy from South "T" street in a small, dusty town in the San Joaquin valley of California with no aviation influence whatsoever in his family and a parent that thought that if man were meant to fly, we'd have wings. __________________ Doug Taylor PPL-SEL PA-38 Typed