Or as in one of the recent classes a Navy F-18F pilot.

Sheez, you might even think that some of them got hired because of their qualifications?!

Heard that there are a whole bunch of (hours) qualified candidates applying, many with 4k-8k hours. Some of them don't quite get through the interview for various reasons (shyness, entitlement, attitude, previous history, etc).

How did Spackler get hired as a ninja? Was he:

1) Minority
2) Ex NWA employee
3) Intern
4) Women in aviation...the 69's or something like that
5) Hiring dept of old airline, therefore buddy buddy with NWA hiring peps
6) Some real good connections....