Originally Posted by
sleeves
What you are leaving out is the fact that not everyone in the squadron or inside group gets the recommendation. The bad apples get left out. At Continental in the mid 2000’s a Pilot could get someone hired. I didn’t recommend many because I had seen their poor performance at the regionals. You are right in that you cannot screen someone in a few short interviews but, relying on past performance and those that have seen that performance is a proven method of screening talent.
Race, gender, sexual orientation should all be left out of it. None of those help or hinder talent.
Full array of opinions on this. We're not going to effectively hash it all out in some Internet forum and we're all going to get pulled down into the mud by the least common denominator (probably by some guy talking about Hyundais and coal rolling if past is prologue). Am guessing you and I aren't conducting the interviews so go through the union if you have an opinion/suggestion you want to express on the process. It's still the company making the final decision. Once a pilot is here they're welcome in every sense of the word and it's on them to perform well and on us to mentor them as we all uphold the standards we expect of each other. They're high standards as they darn well need to be.