Originally Posted by johnnysnow

Attention Folks!

......Your probably wondering were I'm going with this and I'm not quite sure my self. What I think I'm trying to say is that we can discuss all day long about what the magic number should be, but in the end it probably has more to do with each persons individual character rather than their specific experience.

.......but judgement is what makes a pilot. Some of that you can teach, alot of it you can't. This maybe a hard pill for some people to swallow, but the hard truth is that good pilots, as well as bad, exist at all ages, experience levels, and job descriptions.

Unfortunately, as I think all of us can agree, the system the airlines use to weed through applicants is flawed. There's a tremendous amount of emphasis put on experience and other factors, rather than on the individual. When I interviewed at the regional I worked for, it lasted 5 minutes. In and out, sim ride, offer 2 days later. I could have been a crackhead jonesing for a fix, and I don't think they would have noticed. I personally would much rather be judged by a potential employer by my charcter, rather than my experience, regardless of how much I have.