It´s nice to read the stories of more mature people entering a flying career.
I have a question specifically to do with the cadet schemes, and I apologise if i has been answered already in this super but very long thread - I am too old after all to read it all thoroughly (plus, I am at work
).
BA´s cadet scheme is open to those up to the age of 55.
Considering everybody says that airlines recruit "future captains", how does this fit in if you were applying at the age of 50, it does not seem like you´d ever make captain, unless you were incredibly lucky.
This leads me to wonder, if they open the cadet scheme up to the age of 55 purely in the interests of statistics and to show willing, but in reality would not give you equal opportunity.
This was suggested to me, and I have to wonder...