This is my background:
First trial flying lesson: 12
First Solo: 17
PPl: 18
FATPL: 19
Turboprop Job: 20 (and i wasnt in any of the papers!!)
Medium size jet: 21
I worked hard before and during training (modular) to save up 75% of the cost of training. luckily, mum and dad were in a position to give me the remaining 25% which had been saved up for university costs.
I say well done to this guy. i do wonder quite how it ended up in the papers though. im sure there are plenty of 19/20 year olds gettins jobs worldwide and in the UK (me being one). but that doesnt matter. i do this job just as well as the 25 - 30 year olds so i really dont see what the problem is. just shows that not all us teenagers spend our time fighting and taking crack.