The point is, you are wrong (or nieve) when you say companies wont take pass rates into consideration or to use your terms wont 'give a flying **** about pass rates'
He isn't wrong!!!! Its you thats nieve.
Many do care about the IR being a first pass.
A few care about the cpl being a first pass.
I haven't yet heard of anyone being asked about ATPL exams. They are universally looked apon as a pain in the arse which you have to do to get your license and they have little or no use depending on the subject on your day to day working life. End of story. If you want to not believe the commercial pilots who post fair enough but in a few years you will find that they we wern't wrong or you will be still unemployed.
Why the hell should we tell you thats something dosn't matter when it does. You still haven't worked out that flying a multicrew plane has got sod all to do with flying skills (which you need a base level thats it) or technical knowledge of super sonic flight and the like. Its all to do with the person. You can have a 100% pass rate in the ATPL's and first time passes in everything and you still won't get a job if people don't think you could work on a flight deck as a team with another pilot. End of story.
And why would danny want to moderate scroggs for telling you the truth and putting up with childish tantrums when you are talking crap and he tells you so?
MJ
And in relation to your question about choosing between pilots I think most companys would be looking at the additional information section of your CV to see if you play team sports or have a different hobby. So the guy who plays water polo or scuba diving will be taken instead of the guy that lists reading, stamp collecting or nightclubing. Or has done a decent job in the past ie Burger King technician versus ops monkey or a dispatcher.