Originally Posted by
Margaritaville
I feel sorry for the young folks trying to get flying jobs these days who have to jump through all these hoops. It used to be a logbook review, HR, and some operational questions. Now it's all these asinine computer games and in depth TMAAT situational questions that test everything but flying and leadership skills. All to get a job babysitting an Airbus or Boeing that people flew 30+ years ago without a degree or all this mumbo jumbo. We are going to DSM, not the moon here. What's up with the NASA interviews? Why do they feel compelled to make things so much more difficult than they really are? Just proof that there isn't nor will ever be a true pilot shortage. Otherwise, they'd be hiring pilots, not HR darlings with advanced degrees who build houses for the homeless on all their days off.
This would be the way that an HR and recruiting department justify their existence and cost to the higher ups - by quoting a "scientific" process for how they go about hiring, they paint the picture that they are the sentinels on the wall, defending the brand from unwashed barbarians that would destroy all that the company holds dear. The more involved the process, the more they feel they hold the power to tweak and control it, but . . . I am of the opinion that it really is a charade meant to grow the HR/Recruiting kingdom and wrest influence or control away from pilots (that cannot be trusted because some engage in douchetastic behavior with non-pilots).