Twenty-year-old FO!

[CHQ Pilot]

who cares, there are some wonder children at the majors right now also. There are people who have been hired at CAL and United, etc around this age

No doubt. I know someone personally that is at CAL now, mid 20's and never spent a day at the regionals. Just the way it falls sometimes.

 

[airtime42]

To bad most of us went to College first and didn't do it online. I guess he has alot of time on reserve.

 

[Metro752]

To bad most of us went to College first and didn't do it online. I guess he has alot of time on reserve.

waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

 

[SkywayFO]

Big Deal, I guess I was once the youngest in ALPA too. 20 with a degree. It got me a furlough, and 3 airlines, 6 + years of reserve,6 + years as FO, and a really cool ALPA pin. Thanks ALPA. I knew I should have been a truck driver!!! I guess te cool teamsters pin gets me the truck driving thing.

 

[ApocketA's_145]

good for him...

id rather have a 20 year old who is healthy and on top of things be my pilot than some old crusty guy who doesnt care and has a heart attack and dies in flight on us all.....

 

[B1900FO]

Same here,

I was hired at 20 and flew the 1900 for about 6 months before getting a better corporate job back home. No one did a newspaper write up for me...like a previous poster said, typical bored editor.

Hats off to him, but he isn't the only one and surely won't be the last!

 

[ALPO]

Love of flying is what ruined this industry in the first place.

I'll agree, theres always gonna be greed trying to take what someone has. It takes unity to keep it. To many flying whores waiting in line to screw the guy in front of him (GoJets)

 

[Jpilot23]

Love of flying is what ruined this industry in the first place.

boooooooo whooooooooooo :crying:

 

[ReverseSensing]

id rather have a 20 year old who is healthy and on top of things be my pilot than some old crusty guy who doesnt care and has a heart attack and dies in flight on us all.....

Does your asshat mash down your spiked hair? Just curious.

 

[pilotlbs]

dang kids

I was a 19 year old ALPA member too....no trips to DC for me either.

There are younger members of alpa right now, where do they get their information? Isn't that false advertising =)

 

[av8er2]

My guess is he will be disappointed with the direction of the industry in few years. Heck I loved flying just like everyone else but now it is a job with a limited future and poor management.

Good luck but in a few years he will be 22 and complaining just like everyone else.

 

[Almerick07]

Im 20 years old have a bachelors degree and have the magical 1000/100 just havnt sacrificed myself to the regional airline gods yet....where's my cake?

 

[nimtz]

Yeah in the end it's really pathetically not newsworthy. Heck there was an 18 year old in my new hire class at XJT way back when. I was as ambitious and gun-ho to get the career as he was at age 18, but thankfully my old man beat my @ss into getting the degree done first. The experiences and life I lived from 18-21 in college far surpass anything an early jump on an airline job would of rendered. Sorry if it sounds bad, but because of that I feel for guys who miss out on that in order to hurry into a paid jet job.

 

[JetMonkey]

What he's REALLY working hard at is that commute from DEN to IAH. Pretty tuff especially for a new guy.

 

[PacoPollo]

See, Not all the 20yr old FO's graduate from ERAU....

 

[k9nole]

Szanto is about five years ahead of the curve with his job and union status, said Jack Taylor, chief flight instructor and owner of Colorado Contrails Aviation.

??????????????????????

Union status for what??? The lead at the next ALPA circle jer(.

 

[Wankel7]

Well, it is positive news...and its related to aviation...that is a shocking combo right there!

 

[B36]

78 years old and still being dues vs retired. He is an active instructor of XJT and is paying 1.95% of his 6 figure salary.

 

[CX880]

Remind me not to fly XJT. There's a reason why car insurance rates are expensive for people 25 and younger.

 

[big_al]

Remind me not to fly XJT. There's a reason why car insurance rates are expensive for people 25 and younger.

yes because we all know that magically once you turn 25, everyone becomes more responsible. car rates are higher because the scams people call insurance companies can get away with it