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.
So tell me, what is the answer then? Set the bar so low that anyone walking through the door is hired? Without any effort to getting a job that has the potential to pay you millions over a career? I’m not saying what we do is perfect, but you have to have a screening process.
Edit: maybe it’s just me, but I was willing to put in the work and jump through whatever hoops necessary to get a job that pays this much for having 1/2 the month off. Didn’t expect it to just get handed to me.