Originally Posted by jetlink

Sim evaluation is an integral part of interview process. Just because an applicant has 7K hours, it doesn't mean he/she can operate in multi crew environment and utilize all available resources. Sim evaluates, basic CRM, operation in stressful situation, as well as skills of adaptability to new environment and procedures. I hope it stays as a part of interview process. It's not the amount of hours you have on your resume, but the quality of experience. You may have an applicant with 7K hours in C-414etc single pilot, 4K hours of CRJ/ERJ airlines, 4K in C17/C5 etc multi crew, 3K of F16F18etc, or 15K in Citation or Challenger etc FAR135; they are all different in the way pilots operate in those environments. A pilot flying in FAR135 Challenger for 20 years as a PIC, writing his/her own procedures, making small repairs on the field, just to get the show on the road and satisfy demands of rich and famous, will have a difficult time adopting into rigorists, procedural environment which is FAR121, where pilots, that have never flown with each other, can work in synch. It's obvious, that pilots with regional airline experience or armed forces multi crew environment experience, will have much higher advantage, then single pilots of fighters, or private jets. I have came accross, pilots transiting to FAR121, after flying FAR91,135 for 20 years as single pilots, or two pilots, where they operated the same aircraft for years, flying with the same co-pilot. They had many problems adopting to FAR121 CRM and procedures, and many, after multiple failures, decides to quit, or were terminated during training, some quit after just few months on probation, and returned into corporate, charter flying business. That's why, I believe we need those sim evaluations as a part of interview process, before we invest $ into such candidate.