I say go for it, theres nothing wrong with being a little older!!!! From my experience it has always been the later starters who get their jobs first, probably to do with the egos of 19 year olds. The company that I work for at the moment, which shall remain nameless has ruffely 75% of pilots being over 27, and we're only a small GA company. And to futher my point IT may pay well but its as boring as bat s##t and every time a plane flys overhead you'd be thinking that could of been me!!!!!