Originally Posted by
Dragon7
The sim is mostly about your willingness to do the prep to fly a profile you will never fly either in training or on the line. Still would rather take my chances in a sim because think the sim is better predictor than the Hogan or an arcane knowledge test. Interview and Recs even better.
I agree with all of that.
I also think the simulator is about basic airmanship. It gives the evaluator the basic feeling that this guy or girl can get into our simulator program and not require any basic or remedial work in order to stay on track with the program.
Our instructors know what is required on simulator 1. Therefore, they need a way to say yes or no. They need to be able to put their stamp of approval on an applicant and say that this person is ready for our training program.
I don't think much of the Hogan. it's just goofy.
Also, with applicants having lower and lower credentials (flight time and experience), I believe HR should have a smaller and smaller influence. The knowledge, experience, and judgment of an experienced Captain should be the ultimate determining factor if a person gets hired or not.
I would have no problem if we had senior Captains, or retired Captains with some HR stink on them to "fill the HR square", but I don't want non-pilots stamping YES or NO on an application and making those decisions. We have many pilots with masters degrees in Personnel or human resource management. Not a big deal really.