Originally Posted by
Check Airman
What makes you think he would not have been hired at Atlas?
The Colgan pilot flying had a history of training failures.
Originally Posted by
neilki
I've interviewed at Atlas. I found them an extremely professional and diligent group. HR and Technical folks were very well tuned in, and they certainly were not so desperate pilots that, in my opinion they lowered their guard in any meaningful way. Less than half the qualified applicants that day got offers. they turned away a ME 777 CA and several experienced 121 skippers.
Their reputation is that they won't hire anyone with any training failures.
Originally Posted by
Check Airman
[…] and what gives you reason to believe the GTI FO was a diversity hire? Was it mentioned at any point in the documentation
Just a hunch I suppose.
Originally Posted by
Airbubba
And why, oh why would this guy keep getting hired as a pilot after so many training failures?
The search for answers continues...