'Years' of experience and the age that a pilot 'starts' are
totally irrelevant.
See
http://www.aaib.gov.uk/cms_resources...1%20G-OJEM.pdf, noting para 1.5.1; para 2.1.2; para 2.1.3 and para 3(a)5.
The commander in this case had held a professional pilots licence for just under 10 years, so work out how much of a 'late starter' he was!
Hopefully that puts an end to any further twaddle about years of experience or 'late starters'!!