Originally Posted by
baseball
I see.
I was in a 737 classic for my sim ride. half were in the md 80 and the other half in the 73. Haven't flown a Frasca since instrument training. I agree Frasca not a good choice.
I also agree on the whole "points system." I understand how it could be viewed as extortion. I just think its jumping through meaningless and useless "hoops." Like "checking the box syndrome". Let's check a box. Like...........that box is stupid, so why check it?
There seems to be an association for every type of pilot these days. We got the 99's. We got OBAP, we got the GPA, We've got so many special interest groups (clubs/associaitons) that it is mind-boggeling. let me see... Can we start a pilots association for everyone else? I call it the EVEPA. If you aren't gay, not female, non black you can join the everyone else pilots association. EVEPA. It's a joke, so don't get your knickers in a knot....
Little bit funny, I agree.
So what should our hiring process look like? Frankly, I think UAL is getting some amazingly qualified candidates. Far better from a raw number basis than we've probably ever seen. Age 65 assured that. The 2000's were a really crappy time to be coming up. Pure timing, like almost all of this career has and probably will be forever. This is a good time to be hired, however, and we need to focus on hiring the best group of pilots possible. Is the Hogan really necessary? It "weeded out" some really good candidates IMHO. Heck, when I applied the big decision was whether you typed or wrote (with ink) your application. How many good pilots are we weeding out because of that simple HR box? The medical has gone away, now the sim has gone away... yet the psych garbage remains. Just a thought. And I agree that flt ops and line pilot eval should be the main driver in pilot hiring.
Scott