Originally Posted by SkyHigh

Pilot skills and experience have slim value beyond the company minimums and training investment. For the most part a new pilot regardless of experience is just another numbered meat sack to plug into the seat, nothing more and nothing less. An individual pilot is limited in their contribution to the company since they can only fly one plane at a time and the best they can do is to perform to the average of every other random line pilot. At some point experience becomes a detriment since past procedures and operating methods at previous employers can cloud the machine and discourage the establishment. Blank disks are better that re-written ones.

SkyHigh