25 year old A320 captain!!!

[Lead Sled]

I'm sitting in a hotel room here at FlightSafety. I flew in on Continental - the FO looked like he was about 15 years old. His collar was at least 2" too big and his hat looked at bit large as well. Not to worry though, they had the geriatric flight attendent team on board - one elderly lady looked like she was pushing 70 so, all in all, I guess everything averaged out.

'Sled

 

[Thedude]

Its all about timing...damn those lucky bastards

 

[NoPax]

I did aptitude tests, and medical for the RAF at 16, they gave me a flying scholarship out of it, then I came back at 17 for Officer and Aircrew Selection but things didn't work out (cold war cutbacks).

At Virgin Atlantic, there was a 24 year old Captain on a 747 - same class as me during RAF selection.

Now how did I end up flying a Commander around Texas again?!?!?

 

[learflyer]

The he11 with you guys! I couldn't even get multi-time when I was 25!

 

[Tarzan]

To draw comparisons between civilian pilots and military pilots in ability to command aircraft is not really appropriate. The military guys go through batteries of tests for aptitude and attitude to find out if they have the "Right Stuff." I may be new to 121 but don't we upgrade on senority here provided your at 23 to hold the type?

Military guys get the crap kicked out them through out training beginning when they start school for their commission. While I won't lump them all in, plenty of these other college kids that come up through the flight schools haven't had that life altering experience. The only thing that gets altered is their perception of the world after those keg parties. I'm not going to beat a "pay your dues" horse but those military guys do just that, while the college kids have had help from Mom and Dad. (For all you guys that are going to go off the deep end, it's not all of you)

 

[BoilerUP]

Did you have to fly uphill both ways five miles in the snow too?

 

[Tarzan]

With no shoes on!

 

[Green Banana]

http://www.iswap.org/Firsts-OtherNotable.html

Youngest Pilot Hired

Duana Robinson was the youngest female to be hired for a major US airline when she was 21 years of age. She was hired by Texas International on 13Feb78 to fly the DC-9.​

Youngest Jet Captains in the World

Linda Pauwels (Southern Air Transport) on an B707 at the age of 25​

Lori Legat Griffith (Piedmont Airlines) on an F-28 at the age of 26 yrs. 3 months​

Nivedita Bhasin (Indian Airlines) on a B737 at the age of 26 yrs. 6 months​

Youngest Whale (B747) Captain

Jamile Costa (Atlas Air) at the age of 30​

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[FreightNazi]

Who cares how old he is, the bigger issue is that BA has no scope. He's flying an A320 in BA colors for GB Airways, a BA "franchise" carrier.

 

[Spooky 1]

http://www.iswap.org/Firsts-OtherNotable.html

Youngest Pilot Hired

Duana Robinson was the youngest female to be hired for a major US airline when she was 21 years of age. She was hired by Texas International on 13Feb78 to fly the DC-9.​

Youngest Jet Captains in the World

Linda Pauwels (Southern Air Transport) on an B707 at the age of 25

Lori Legat Griffith (Piedmont Airlines) on an F-28 at the age of 26 yrs. 3 months
Nivedita Bhasin (Indian Airlines) on a B737 at the age of 26 yrs. 6 months​

Youngest Whale (B747) Captain

Jamile Costa (Atlas Air) at the age of 30


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Both TWA and CAL had younger 707/880 Capts. Try age 24. Western Air Lines had an L188 Capt. that was 23. He just retired about a year ago from DAL on the 777. From the look of your list it would appear that it is referencing women and not looking at the male achievements.

 

[Green Banana]

not my list dude, I just googled it!

 

[U of I Tweak]

Peter Gibbons

32 posts and no one has mentioned that his name is Peter Gibbons? "Hey Peter man, check it out! Breast exam on channel nine!"

"It's not that I'm lazy Bob, it's than I just don't care."

 

[Spooky 1]

not my list dude, I just googled it!

They are all females.

I was adding to the last response when the website went TU. There were a number of guys hired in the 1963/64 time frame that were only twenty when they started at TWA or CAL. They could not get the FE ticket until they were 21 so they either satrted as Viscount F/O's at CAL or S/O's at TWA. In those days, ALPA demanded 3 pilots on all jets, so the crew would consist of Capt., F/O, FE and the S/O who was the 3rd pilot. A number of these early hires were upgrading to Capt. on the B707/CV880 when they were 23 or 24 years old. A few also washed out in that they just did not have the experience. The hours maybe, but not the experience. There was also a L188 Capt. at Western Airlines. He just retired a couple of years ago from DAL.

 

[PastFastMover]

Civilian world and military world are two different animals. Like an earlier poster said in the military you get the crap kicked out of you and about half wash out. It really is survival of the fittest especially in what type of assignment you get. Age is no factor as long as you meet the minimum and don't exceed the maximum. Can you compare a 23 year old F-15 pilot flying combat to a 23 year old airbus captain, I really don't know. Apples and oranges. The one thing I do know (at least in my opinion) is that age has never been a factor of competence. Some are ready early and some are not or will never be.

 

[darkvw]

But he is in Manchester

 

[check6]

"self-sponsored vs. PFT"

uhmmm... no. It's not PFT.

In europe, usually your employer pays your training from 0 time to whatever. Lufthansa does it and most other airlines too.

If, however, airlines don't pay for it, you gotta pay for it yourself. Thats what selfsponsering is.

Self-sponsered means that he paid his own training and didn't get help from some company. Thats PPL, CPL, IR, MER, etc.... Thats what *we* do here in the states.

Quite a stretch comparing that to PFT.

Actually, if you read a little further down on the link, it says that the RAF payed for the training at Oxford.

 

[NoPax]

Actually, if you read a little further down on the link, it says that the RAF payed for the training at Oxford.

If the RAF are involved, you can bet that he has gone through some pretty tough aptitude, attitude and medical examinations. In otherwords the RAF found this applicant to be qualified to receive this training, an asset to the RAF or Country then paid for it.

PFT has nothing to do with aptitude, attitude or medical condition. It has only to do with how much money you can beg, borrow or steal, to get into a job that should be held by someone more qualified & experienced.

 

[BRIGADEAVIATOR]

Damn good for him/her? Kinda sucks when people judge others because of their age. Right place right time, and obviously knows their stuff.

 

[jetexas]

That 'lil whippersnapper better not show his face in the Eagle pilot lounge! You're 'lucky' to be 25 and off reserve as a bottom feeding FO there.

 

[Nolife]

Young capt

I flew with a guy who was 25 and a capt for 2 yrs here. Very fun guy and fairly knowledgeable. I learned a lot from him. He'd flown DC-3's, piston & turbine Convairs, and the old Fokker for several years before I got here. While it was weird having more life experience than him, he knew his caca and was a good capt. I still had to guide him through third world whorehouses and such.