Every single contact I have in the flying world that has recently secured an Airline interview or F/O position are 30+ and one is even early forties. The other theme running through this trend is that they are all either FIs or doing a flying job of some description and the Airlines involved are all small regional operators. Although some would have us believe that being over 30 is an Airline social hand grenade and that only young 20 something whizkids obtain jobs, I see the reality as completely different.