Originally Posted by
drpixie
Hi - two things come to mind ...
#1 They want people who can be promptly promoted to multi-crew command (required ATPL licence), without worrying about their "academic" abilities. This might apply to any airline type operators.
#2 It's an easy way to reduce the number of CVs. No one really wants to choose the "best" candidate - they just want a convenient number of adequate candidate!
There is also
#3 The operator may be in a remote area, have a fixed fleet, ie: Piston Singles and Twins, with no intention of moving to Turbine/ Multicrew ops. So your life in that operation is finite. The last thing the Owner needs is someone that can’t progress, gets disillusioned, and becomes unproductive, needs time off to do courses etc.
I have seen this happen, we have all heard the advice, and no doubt passed it on,
“Get all your ATPL exams/IFR done before heading out bush”