PeppyJeppy makes a point in their earlier post that why would an airline invest in training an older candidate when a younger person has more working years ahead of them.
While it’s true younger people have more working years ahead of them, an assumption has been made that the candidate will stay with the airline for the remainder of their working life.
This may be true if someone is fortunate enough to join a large flag carrier straight out of training, where they can progress from narrow body short haul work to left hand seat on the latest long haul wide body four engine offering from Boeing or Airbus.
However a candidate in their late teens or early/ mid twenties joining a low cost medium turbo prop or narrow body jet operator is most likely to stay for 5 to 10 years, maybe get their command and some commercial P1 time before looking around for a wide body job.
Indeed most older candidates have reconciled themselves with the fact that they are extremely unlikely to progress onto the latest long haul wide body four engine offering from Boeing or Airbus so they are more likely to remain with the medium turbo prop or narrow body jet operator and build a career there so the time and expense of training the older candidate is more likely to be repaid with interest by the loyalty of the individual.