ginjockey
The reality at my company is that over the last three years Cadet’s have a greater failure rate at attaining a command than pilots that come into the company with prior experience. Only 54% of trainees pass their command line check that were cadets or ex flight engineers compared to 85% that were direct entry pilots. These are the hard cold facts. Someone with prior ex GA experience doesn’t stand out from the crowd as any worse than someone with prior airline experience or military experience and that is from a pilot base of about 2000 individuals.