I'm 42, started PPL at 38, frozen ATPL at 40, modular in UK
I've been working as a copilot in a medium-heavy bizjet for 5 months now. Looked for a job for 2 looooong years, despite my strong connections in the corporate aviation industry from my previous job. Then i got the dream job...good money, 6 months off a year, Europe, great plane.
But I start to understand now why they give us that much money just to fly a plane.
I'm now half a pilot, half a father, and what's left is for my wife.
it's not exactly what I was expecting... I love the job, the flying is great, but I underestimated the negative impact on my family/couple life, it's really much more difficult than I thought, not sur your (my?) couple will survive that, we never think about it while on training.
I got this job because of my connections, otherwise I would probably still be unemployed. If you're more than 35, you can forget the airlines I think.
About my classmate, 5 young guys are at ryanair, one old FI, one old P2F, and me.
Last edited by Marlon Brando; 28th Oct 2016 at 18:16.