Originally Posted by HSLD
I was once told by a very experienced pilot, "that if you want to fly like a 1000 hour pilot, you need to fly 1000 hours". The point of course was that there isn't a shortcut for experience. Can you be coached to pass a check ride in 14 days? Of course! Will you learn everything required or have the experience to operate in the "real world", I doubt it.
In the interviews I've conducted, the zero-to-hero profile looks good on paper but I find that they come up short in judgement area because they have very little experience. In other words, they don't know what they don't know. In terms of hiring that profile, I'd pass.
Well said...I've been having issues with new hires at my company with just this problem...No experience in my airlines operation...Flying the globe is much harder then just flying in the States, but I'm talking about guys/gals with time in RJ's...1000's of hours of jet time and they can't even find a correct HF frequency to make a position report...Experience can only be achieved by achieving experience...Now I would most likely be a screw up in their operation too!...lol