Originally Posted by
Don Diego
Hey there Captainhan, sad truth old boy, when it comes to HR at QF and who they do or do not hire I can assure you that your experience counts for SFA, 10,000 hours in command of a wide body on international operations to them is the same as 500 hours in a C206 out Broome. Go figure.
Mainline is an airline you’re going to have to stay with for a few decades to really reap the benefits, so it makes sense for them to bias recruitment towards under 40s, and at that stage in your career you’re not likely to have much wide body command time. Having said that a lot of ex CX and other wide body LHS joining as S/Os.
The vast majority of new recruits have jet or heavy turboprop time. It’s probably the most experienced pilot pool mainline has ever recruited.