Originally Posted by
tinman1
I'm not sure what world you live in, but not everyone gets to be an airline pilot. If you are a capable individual with a good attitude and hard work ethic then you will make it through. If you have an entitled attitude and want everything handed to you then you won't fare so well here.
What I said is true of any airline job...you have to actually make it through training to get "the job." Yes even at Skywest...
You're right. Not everyone does. What better way to tell them that than to hire them and fire them at the first sight of weakness. You wouldn't want to waste precious minutes asking technical questions during an interview (establishes a knowledge baseline and level of preparedness) or put them in a sim (do they have adequate instrument skills).
As a CFI, would you put up a private pilot student for a check ride at the minimum hours regardless if you felt they'd pass with the attitude "well if you can't hack it,you should just give up on flying."