Originally Posted by
dusty99
Half the problem for experienced guys who are getting turned away and trying their hardest to get into the airlines is HR.
If you don't tick some little box that HR has come up with you don't get the job. No matter how well you did in your SIM or Group assessment. They are turning away very experienced people who would not have any issue slotting in to the right seat of a jet (Including me), people who are already proven in the right-seat of a regional sized transport category aircraft.
Unfortunately you’re right. It must be very frustrating for the many, many guys (and gals) like you that hear constantly about this apparent pilot shortage yet are knocked back by some irrelevant score on an HR psychometric test.
i hope we do actually see a pilot shortage in Australia one day. A genuine shortage that entails aircraft being parked even after every single qualified Aussie pilot that is looking for a job has been employed.
While they are able to remain picky in Oz regarding soft skills there really isn’t a genuine shortage at all.
Best of luck.
PG