Originally Posted by
de727ups
"Because one has more hours or "experience" than the other doesn't always make them the better candidate."
Actually...it does.
As a baseline, that's how our system works. No absolutes, but that's how the system has worked for years. More experience equals better pilot.
I'm still not seeing the problem with that....
I guess, but at your shop for a while it was about the type of experience, not the TOTAL experience was it not?
At one time, if some guy had 10,000 turbine PIC but had never been across the ocean, he wouldn't even get looked at, while a guy with a fraction of that time who had could get hired. So is your statement ALWAYS correct? Highly subjective and conditional if you ask me, depending on what is asked of the candidate.