I started too late (age 32) to get into the airlines, but I ended up with an
ATP flying corporate jets. Some of my contemporaries when I was instructing
are now senior airline pilots...they worked themselves up from the bottom.

Bob Gardner

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Is it possible to become an ATP-rated airline pilot without going through
the military and without owning your own plane? Do people do this often?
What would the certificate/rating and career paths be?