Originally Posted by
ChecklistMonkey
And the qualification would be dropped the instant the the candidate quality began to suffer.
Still not replying to the important issue.
I've flown in the EU, my company hired a lot of 185tt hour pilots (I wasn't one). It required a while for them to develop the big picture, but none that I flew with had the issues I sometimes saw in the higher time people as far as skills/airmanship. I think it is the same reason the military can put pilots in a fast jet with a 100 hours: they only put the people there that belong there. Screening is important and the school we got them from would do that before the bank would give you money. Just passing an ATP checkride does not qualify.