Originally Posted by m78fl370

I'm very familiar with all the "bridge" programs and the like from that time period, and no one got hired without an interview, medical examination, and a thorough investigative background check, no matter how much flight time they had. Standards were lowered eventually somewhat, but to nowhere near the level of PSA or Mesa.

But, yes, tools unfortunately fell through the cracks here like anywhere, but luckily the cracks seem to be narrower here.