Originally Posted by tailwheel48

Me neither!

HR has taken over the whole hiring process which is really sad. Lots of good prospects are getting passed over or not even being considered.

When I went through the process almost thirty years ago you went before a panel of two or three senior captains. They looked over your logbooks and had a nice informal chat.

I believe that HR really has no place hiring pilots. Pilots should be hiring pilots! Weak pilots were weeded out during training and the psychos never made it through probation.

I guess these days it's more PC to have HR determine what makes a good pilot. I prefer the old way!