Originally Posted by
macdo
Late 30's. But I have to say most of the very low hour joiners are 20's. That said i know of one guy in his 50's with very low hours got to interview/sim.
Worth adding that i was 41 when taken on, with TP time only.
You must have started your TP job mid to late thirties. You could probably draw a line at 40 as the approximate cutoff age for a realistic chance to start an airline career, it does happen after 40 but it gets more unlikely, of the 50 plus year olds undergoing training, maybe only 1:50 will get any interview/assessment
and the older that you are, you better have a good pre flying career background story such as a good technical degree or something impressive to prove your competence, this applies to guys over 30 also, it doesn't look good on the cv if you are over 30 and have not achieved much professionally up to now apart from a fATPL licence.