Originally Posted by
olster
Obviously about to be accused of old fogeydom but here goes….I have been involved with airline pilot recruitment at various times and the standard of tech knowledge is quite disturbingly low by some. Similarly the inability to fly a simple SID. To be fair some candidates stand out but others you can’t but help think have been duped of their 100 grand. As regards the above the excruciating use of ‘kinda’ does not indicate appropriate maturity.
I take it you are involved in the sim screen or Tech interviews at WZZ AUH?.Were your critical statements referring to rated or non rated candidates? Do they expect you to fly an unfamiliar aircraft SID manually raw data flying? Have you ever had to fly a SID on A320 raw data,? What is simple to an experienced SFI might not necessarily appear simple under examination/interview conditions I might add, especially considering the normal Airports used ate London or even Abu Dhabi. Any SID only simplifies ATC workload, not necessarily crew workload, especially in a single pilot operation simulation with raw data flying and having to pay attention to radio instructions as well as heed any lateral or vertical restrictions including Noise abatement rules. We hear that even experience Captains fail.What have you to say to that? Thank you for the new dodgy english term..FOGYDOM..it might help to translate it for those poor souls with a lesser ELP perhaps?