Originally Posted by
oldmako
I'd rather fly with highly skilled and experienced pilots. If they're interesting that's a plus. But if not I can always meet cool people at the bar later.
You and others who’ve noted in today’s world, the overall experience level is lower, are clearly correct. That’s just the math today. We’ve spent decades driving young people away from an aviation career: 9/11, economic downturns, crappy pay, diminishing military opportunities, and the broken regional model.
But the premise of choosing between “highly skilled drone” and “personable inexperienced person” is false. Virtually everyone getting hired can make it through training, or they wouldn’t get an interview—or be getting through training. There isn’t evidence of massive training failures because new hires couldn’t hack training.
Posters whining about some “less-qualified” applicants being hired instead of them - with their Lindberghian resumes - should look in the mirror instead of blaming whatever scary straw man their media of choice has dreamt up for them today.
The common denominator in one’s own experiences is oneself. Don’t like the consequences? Make different choices…and be kind, it goes a long way.