Way back when I was a newish PPL, and getting jump seat rides was still possible (ah, those were the days <img src="smile.gif" border="0"> ) I was asked by the captain if I was going commercial. I said that if I was younger I might have considered it, but that I was over 40 already. He laughed and told me about someone in his airline who got his first commercial flying job at the age of 54, and was 60 and still flying. And there's a PPRuNer I know of who's out in darkest Africa somewhere on his first flying job right now, and he's in his late forties.
I guess us oldies can't get too fussy, but if all you want to do is fly something for a living and not necessarily end up as a BA captain who doesn't know what to do with his massive salary, there seems to be not that much in the way of age restrictions.
Though I might change my mind about that if I qualify as a heli instructor and still can't find someone to employ me. I might blame ageism, or sexism, or anything else I can think of.
