These are some of the dumbest policies I've ever heard of, albeit true. The content validity and subjective nature of most non-professional checkrides is a joke. This is purely a CYA move kowtowing to the USA TODAY's inaccurate reporting on airline crashes.


Way to go, regionals. You're really saving the day with such hiring practices. What ever happened to evaluating each applicant on a case-by-case basis, verifying their credentials with a written/sim-check, and then enrolling them in a monitoring program throughout their probationary year? Oh wait, that would cost money.