Alby,
You are right!! We are all biased!
I became particularly biased when I watched a type rated 310 Training Captain, crash the 310 sim during the Go-around single engined below MLW. When asked to rate his performance he went for '8, no 9 out of 10'
In contrast; flew the next slot with a young 777 rated F/O who came out of it devasted at his appalling performance. It was the best recruitment sim that I had ever seen.
All the EK sim does is makes a stab at measuring mental capacity. It is a simple profile and a type rated pilot should find it easier than an unrated guy because he isn't wasting unnecessary ergs on getting familiar with the system. The first thing that goes out of the window is self criticism.
It doesn't matter if you are black, brown, white or green. If you can fly the jet and seem like a decent bloke you'll get the job. If you can't, you won't!
By the way that wasn't me on the grassy knoll.
Ghost
