In perspective then...Do you know if Surgeons have to sit another operation test before being employed by a Hospital to prove they can do the job?
Do Lawyers do a practise court session for their prospective employer?, does any other profession sit yet another test of their trained skills after being qualified or licensed in the name of safety?
Don't get my wrong, I understand not employing just anyone deemed qualified, just how they go about it in the name of so called standards.
Perhaps you should go and ask todays old timer Captains of the big jets the interview process they went through to get hired, 'back in the day', so don't tell me it's all about safety. ...Coporate brainwashing.
I will say it again, the so called culling process has been given the misnomer of being 'standards' which is not what it really is. The only true standard a airline puts in place is the minimum experience levels to apply for the job!