Originally Posted by
DeltaT
Ask for the pass rates of their current interviewing, I bet that tells a different story of how desperate they are for pilots.
Psychometric Testing, Sim Rides etc, it is all about culling from the masses of the over ubnudant labour supply, and called another name of "airline standards".
So anyone heard of airlines dropping ANY of those tests in interview rounds lately that they normally do?...no.
At my airline, they dropped the sim eval some years prior to 2010.
We had a difficult online test when they started hiring again in 2010. After about 3 years, they changed the test to the standard US ATP test, which was much easier. Now, they have dropped the test completely. We have lowered our mins four times since 2010, and can only drop it a bit more until we are at the legal mins (ATP). Our mins were 4000 Fixed Wing, and 1000 PIC Jet. Now were are at 2000 TotalTime, 500 Turbine (no PIC, no jet required), or military or 141 Flight School (like Embry Riddle, UND, etc.) with an ATP.
We used to hire someone with one of these:
No turbine. No PIC. No international experience. Never flown above 18,000'. Now we are hiring candidates with all four of the above situations.
Several US airlines, including UPS and UAL, have dropped their four year degree requirements.
The Pilot Shortage tsunami continues to worsen in the US.