Originally Posted by
JohnnyG
No, not the case. Everyone I interviewed with was qualified.
Most didn't get the offer. Right now they are giving offers to less than 20% of qualified applicants. You don't get to interview unless you're qualified.
For the love of god, we need to quit telling people that any regional is having trouble getting applicants. The system is clogged with pilots fighting, kicking and screaming to get into the door.
+1 again. I could have written this.
Originally Posted by
Bozo the pilot
I hate to say this but the word I'm getting from hr is that although many are qualified on paper, they are not impressing in the interview overall. I do know that once in a while they miss a good candidate, but if you think they dont need good candidates, you're the one who's wrong. The AA 170s gettin here in a month-3 per and if they think you'll make it thru training, they're gonna hire you.
Some of you guys may be overqualified- they're afraid you'll leave after 6 months for UAL/DAL/JB/AA. Good luck guys.
Well I do not dispute HR says this, but it means only one thing- they do not want pilots who are too expensive (by their own definition) to train. Not that there is any shortage of pilots at all. They want to skim the cream off the milk, not have to pay 5 cents for extra sims or training. Not that there is any shortage of pilots, period. There is a shortage of super-cheap pilots, that's all. I have seen
working pilots being turned away, picking one guy out of 7 during this "staffing crisis", and my observations simply do not square with all these wishful claims there is a pilot shortage.