Originally Posted by
krismiler
A few years ago we had a 50 year old with a brand new CPL get taken on, about 4 years later he was upgraded to Captain. That won't be happening again for a long time.
To be fair, a 50 year old has some other qualifications than a younger version of said person, even comming from the outside give something someone living inside will never obtain.
I hate to say it, but as I get older myself, as everyone else, even I feel that normal life experience is changing a person, mostly into a person with a broader view on things, a better understanding, and eventhough we probably do not admit it, we all become better "captain"-stuff just from agening a bit.
Sure, you can find old grumpy men as well, but they're often a class of strange inbred creatures, who have stuck around the same fold for too long, and have lost any track of how life is outside.