Originally Posted by
Probe
I used to think pilots should hire pilots. Then I worked a couple of other flying jobs outside UAL. I now think HR should hire pilots almost exclusively,with pilots only acting as a BS screen.
NO, I disagree.
HR should only provide the sandbox in which to play in. They can give guidance on federal regulatory requirements and corporate policy. Pilots understand pilots and pilots can spot the BS pretty quick. I've been involved in various types of interview scenario's and those in which HR had a speaking part it was rather goofy. They tried to ask serious questions and be taken seriously. It just goes over as a Lead Balloon. One HR guy asked me if I still had a flight instructor certificate. Really. That' s what ya got.
HR should hire gate agents and ticket agents. That's really all they are good for. And, I mean that in a positive way.