Originally Posted by
1stCivDivPilot
Except that both of those old requirements actually have an impact of flying. Is 20/20 extreme? Maybe but vision is kind of critical. 737 type rating? Speaks to your flying ability and trainability. Volunteering means squat in respect to flying. It's a feel good metric for HR. You have people who don't/can't do our job trying to find some way to relate to our resume. They are trying to find some cross over point so they can't adequately evaluate us as potential employees. Too bad I'm not trying to get a food bank delivery job, be a big brother or a church nursery job. I'm trying to be pilot.
Actually, a person who volunteers their time for others generally have empathy for others. One of the qualities that make up the kind of employee that most companies want. You know the kind of person that you want to do a four day with............... They are trying to weed out the me,me me people who constantly complain and know more about running an airline than anyone actually doing it. Food for thought.......................... I think it would be really useful to an airline HR Department. There is a hell of a lot more to being a professional pilot than how you fly the airplane.