Sure, but it's not likely you're going to jump in the cockpit and start flying passengers from the left seat, by yourself, the day after you're hired. And if you have the kind of experience we've been talking about from 10 years ago, AND you've been flying recently (even if it's only a 152 - you still get practice with your cross check and making aviation decisions), IMO, that pilot would still be a better choice than someone right out of flight school...or at least a pilot you wouldn't want to just write off. And, I think they would come up to speed pretty quickly.