Originally Posted by
Barley
TPIC is an arbitrary metric and is given importance by insecure folks that are still lost in some Sky Captain of Yesteryear childhood wet dream.
I mostly agree, in that TPIC is overrated, but not that it's totally arbitrary. In two equally capable applicants, the one with more experience would
probably be the safer pilot to hire. There are more important things to look at than flight time; race and gender are meaningless factors for safety, and I think they should be meaningless in the hiring equation too.
Originally Posted by
Barley
I'm guessing the "special qualifications" you're referring to are gender or race? It's just not fair is it? I so rarely see white males in mainline flight decks.
One was race, one was race and gender, one was nepotism.
In a safety sensitive position, I think that experience should count for more than race/gender/family. I think that the current race or gender distribution of your flight crews should have no bearing in an airline's hiring decisions.
Originally Posted by
Aero1900
The mindset is different between the captain and the FO. I think being a captain is a very valuable experience.
I agree, but experience can be gained on the job; attitude is tougher to change.
Originally Posted by
Aero1900
... Of the twelve people in my class, I think Frontier did a great job selecting friendly people with great attitudes.
I've been highly impressed with almost everybody we've hired since the new process started back in about 2004. With maybe two exceptions, they've had great attitudes, and will go the extra mile to help out. That's far more important to me than PIC time.