Originally Posted by
Blackhawk
I see now what you wrote. “Tested” and I assumed trained.
Still, any airline can have an accident. Taking to friends who are in training departments at majors one of the things that scares them is the lack of breadth among many new hires. Many have never even been a PIC under 121.
The many you refer to are military or minority.
Such is life that they get preference over more qualified candidates.