Originally Posted by
DeltaT
If indeed there is shortage, then what does an airline achieve by having high minimum experience hours for entry, psychometric testing, sim ride, and a interview where they like to play mind games, and thats just the airlines that squeeze it into 1 day, never mind the 2 days worth experience.
Because regardless of the shortage, most airlines will ground planes rather than put sub-par pilots in the RH seat. The standard of Australian pilots is generally regarded as very high, because we set a high standard. Lowering the standard is a slippery slope.
As airline management, would you rather have scheduling issues or a hull loss because of low standard pilots? Only way to counter the low standard of recruits is more training, which costs a whole heap more and often is unachievable because it's illegal to make your training captains work 100hrs a week.