Originally Posted by
Imapilot2
I can see where you would get that after rereading, let me be more clear, I am comparing gulfstream to gulfstream. Sorry, no intent to group everyone in one bucket.
Although I made no reference to what makes a good pilot. I don't hire pilots Delta does but.....my opinion, which is mostly all this board is, is that without the degree=no interview. Like others have said, change it for ALL OR NONE. My idea would be to keep it. There must be a way to whittle 10000 applications down to a few thousand to interview. This piece of criteria does a good job at narrowing the field to those willing to go the extra mile. Just like the atp type test questions at the interview. Are you really going to need to know what type aspect ratio a certain type of plane has? No but they know people that research the interview are aware of those types of questions. Those that take extra time to study a huge bank of questions score higher amongst the others. Same difference just to a greater degree. They check everyone's background and training but to get to know a person you want to hire for decades in just a few hours what else do you have to go on?
For the record, most of the middle aged career changer Gulfstream guys you had to watch like a hawk their first year to year and a half on the line. They meant well but just had a terrible time adapting to a jet with that little aviation experience. I was thankful for all my CFI experience when flying with them!
The younger ones could adapt better, but then you could run into the maturity issues that were accentuated in the 3701 accident.