Originally Posted by
KBNA
Many candidates fail at the interview stage.
Any company that has to wait for a Command Interview (only) to know whether someone is fit for command training, should probably be asking a lot of questions to themselves and the Training (Yes, that function actually exists in real airlines) & Checking Department. First Officers have always been Commanders in Training - that is how the system was setup before ego's and nepotism took over... Thus if they are failing in droves it simply means the one's who are failing them, have by and large failed at adequately preparing them throughout the years. A nominal failure rate can be expected, but these outcomes will usually be predicted by the system (if that exists), years in advance.
Originally Posted by
KBNA
Those that get a chance for the aircraft training are being failed on the final sim prior to the line check.
This begs the question...was it Line Training or Line Checking throughout the entire program in order to get to this point - generally in this part of the world, Line Training is a foreign concept replaced by Line Checking commencing Day 1 of Phase 1.
Originally Posted by
KBNA
A very substantial number of pilots fail this part and that includes ex heavy captains and very capable and experienced individuals who have never had a problem on the line or for any cyclics.
Imagine telling Elon Musk he knows
nothing about EV's just because this is Ford not Tesla - i.e. this is NJS not Cathay/Emirates/Qatar etc (laughable actually)