Originally Posted by Margaritaville

You may be right, and they probably do it, but this is dumb. At the end of the day, they need people to move the sacks of flour from one city to the next. A pilot with a ton of PIC jet hours and a bunch of type ratings has proven they can do that. If they have survived that long in this industry, they probably have the technical skills, CRM, and ability to pass training the majors are looking for. But instead, they keep moving the goal posts with these asinine qualifiers. Not everyone gets to be a management pilot. Those who think you just apply and get those jobs have probably never held them. On most properties, you have to kiss a lot of ass and play golf or drink with the right people to get those jobs. Some people are locked out of this jobs because of who they are, or because they don't look like the people doing the hiring. So they're worthless things to grade people on. It doesn't give you better pilots, it gives you pilots who the day they get off probation, start captaining from the right seat. Who wants to spend 4 days with that? I'd rather have the line pilot who moves the freight. Who was out dealing with bad weather, not sitting at a desk or flying a sim. They are actually looking for pilots, right? sometimes I wonder. Another thing to think about: management pilots tend to feel sympathy for the company at contract time. No wonder they seek out these individuals.

And before someone hands me sour grapes, I'm not looking for a job, I'm good where I am. Just something I've noticed after decades in this industry.