“ we’re finding it a bit hard to recruit the numbers we want, I suggest we drop the standard required in the sim or our psychometric testing”..........stunned silence.......” Bryan....we can’t officially drop any of those things without being seen to step away from safety as our highest priority, feel free to have a chat with the recruitment sim pilots and suggest same but I think you will be met with rather stiff resistance.”....... “ OK just a thought”.
A hypothetical of course...
A 457 visa applicant exceeding the 'minimum' standard presents an impeccable log book, which duly impresses the HR recruiter. Hire this person they cry..
Meanwhile the pilot 'token representative' takes a little time to flick through the log book.
Just one question dear applicant, G-BOAF you stated you flew that? Yes Sir I did is the polished reply.
So how many hours on the Concorde have you?