UPT "checkrides" are not checkrides. They're the equivalent to 141 stage rides. Nice strawman though. UPT is but one year in the career of a mil pilot. Plenty of real checkrides taken since UPT, all of which put part 61 checks to shame.

Part 61 checks lack credibility and consistency, because the evaluator cadre is a rag tag mess of political fiefdoms (regional FSDOs and their cash-n-grab DPE vassals) scattered all over kingdom come. The irony is that an airline would disqualify someone over part 61 checks while at the same time historically hiring military applicants over civilian ones precisely because they place higher credit on the standardization of military flight training and evaluation, when compared to part 61 and 141. The reason for that cognitive dissonance on the part of the airline is of course, public relations, as rickair777 has pointed out.