Originally Posted by
Regularguy
Second HR and all their rules prevents CP him or her from hiring their buddies. They provide a structured process and discipline that often prevents the BS artist from getting through the interviews.
While hiring shouldn't be done by pilots with access moving their buds to the top of the pile (full disclosure... that's how I... and I'd imagine many others here we're hired) there's no substitute for strong recommendations from people who have actually worked with a pilot. What HR has done is provide what they profess to be a scientific process (Hogan test... AYKM?) when actually there is no substitute for long term observance in the very position we're hiring for. The interview should just be to verify we want to hire someone who has already proven, through recommendations and resume, they are the right person for the job and the Hogan needs to go.
Finally I'm amazed the 1500 hour single seat fighter person is still getting through the process. Not that they won't make outstanding pilots for UAL, it's just when considering the depth of experience out there, why would a pilot with basically zero commercial experience be considered?
I agree, it's not apples to apples, 121 flying is different and the learning curve will be steep for months, but telling someone who was selected and succeeded through a much more intensive and thorough process than that of the airlines they need to go jerk gear on an RJ for seasoning after having just served their country for a decade seems kind of silly to me when fighters to airlines was the norm for decades.