Originally Posted by
Flyby1206
How about the pilots from AA that didnt make it through training? Or the guys in my interview class with 2000TT+ and didnt pass the interview?
Attitude and train-ability determine your success in this job. Without the right attitude to accept criticism and eager to learn from instructors, CAs, peers, Chief pilot, etc you wont make it. Without the ability to adapt learn those new ways of operating the aircraft you won't make it either. How many times have we changed checklist items in the past year? How about the way we operate the packs, bleeds, APU, GPU, etc?
This subject has been seriously beaten to death, but hours in the log book are nice only if those hours were spent constructively. For a major 121 airline operation I would take a 500hr pilot with a good attitude and trainable as opposed to a grizzled 5000hr freight dog who spent the past 5 yrs flying single pilot in a caravan.
Your theory works realy well for FO's and I agree with you on that point. But what is going to happen when/if the descions lie with them? They have never been tested never been put in a situation where the safety of flight depends on their judgment. the only time they have is when they were on their Solo X-country flights during training. Oh and nevermind the fact that some of these people wont even qualify for an upgrade becuase they lack the PIC requirement for an ATP. This is true no matter how much SIC time they accumulate in their career unless they go pay for some cesna cross country time.