FEDEX needs to get this process right by 2013 --- because it looks like that's when the laws of pilot supply and demand won't be so strongly in our favor.

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I recall taking a computerized test during USAF flight screening in the mid 80s...you were placed in a little kiosk for a few minutes of warm up and then the test.

It wasn't going to be used to determine success or failure in that course, but supposedly used for baseline data, and then your performance was tracked during UPT.

I believe the AF ultimately decided the only way to see how well a person flys was to actually put them in an acft for a few hours (...something aerobatic, spinnable and flying overhead patterns preferred)--- and that's why the Flight Screening Program still exists 25 yrs later.

For a USAF guy, I'd want to look at his FEF (...Flight Evaluation Folder), lots of solid data in there --- I imagine the other mil guys could produce something similar, but civilian check-ride documentation wouldn't be as detailed.

I agree with a previous poster --- sure, use written tests if you want --- but make it just one aspect of a comprehensive interview process (...sim, interview, SBI etc) which looks at total performance across all areas.

I imagine someone at FEDEX spent some $$ on this testing and putting it "up front" during the process helps justify that expenditure.

...but the clock is still ticking towards 2013.