What Are the Age Limits for an Airline Job?
Generally, you’re looking at an age range from 21 years to the early 50’s. Realistically, it’s not likely that you’ll bet hired by a major airline if you’re in your late 50’s. After all, the regulations require than airline pilots retire at 65. Pilots have been hired by major airlines at 50, but these folks generally have impressive qualifications (like thousands of hours in jet airplanes or a moon landing). I’m often asked about how realistic it is for a person in their mid 30’s to think about changing careers and flying for a living. As I see it, it’s realistic–with qualification. At this point in time (mid-2,009) it’s not too realistic to be 35 years old with no flight time and begin training for an airline career and hope to be hired in the next year or so to fly a commuter airline. On the other hand, the only place for the economy to go from its present condition is up. Within the next few years when the economy rebounds, you can be that flying jobs will increase, too. Why do I s
