Originally Posted by
BigZ
Not doubting your social skills, but did you actually go ask every single person from the two classes?
I know some in classes this year, so, I guess, OMG the standards are slipping and they ran out of the crème de la crème to hire after your class.
I know the background of every guy in our class obviously. And I already knew a few guys from the next class before they started. They didn't have any non-cadet CFIs. The classes after that, maybe a few, but still a small minority.
Hiring is definitely opening up, but it's still far from an "open doors" policy. They can be selective, and interview groups are still small.