"Simon Robbins" wrote in message
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"Matt Barrow" wrote in message
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It's hard to get hire into ANY new career at 53, much less one that
would
take a few years to build up enough experience to compete with people 20
years your junior.

Having said that, I do know of one woman well into her fifties who is now
recently qualified and earning as a part-time helicopter instructor, but
it's not her primary source of income.

Odd that someone NEWLY QUALIFIED would manage to be an instructor.