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[quote=Anonymous]Lots of great advice here.  46 is not too old but commercial has a mandatory retirement at 65 however a private company pilot could fly longer if you were in good health and can maintain your license. That give you 19 years so I would say that is enough time to do it and get good at it. My spouse is an international pilot for one of the shipping carriers and while not as glamorous it is quite nice that he doesn't work holidays and doesn't have to deal with unruly passengers.  Being junior at the carrier could make your schedule a little tough with a lot of hours but that would happen in any career change.

Take note of the person that says to make sure you can maintain a flight physical there are some diseases that will make it hard to start a career as a pilot like diabetes and mental health because of the medications you have to take to control them.  There is a also a list of over the counter meds you can't take while flying either like pseudefed (spelling) or any sleep medications however you can take those either 12 or 24 hours before or after a trip depending on what it is.

Oh, and take a few flying lessons like one person advised.  You might be fine on a passenger plan but in lessons you will learn if you really can take all of that.

Good luck![/quote]

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