Experienced captain with 3000 hours command B737-200 joined Qantas as second officer circa 1991 and completed B747 type rating successfully. During a leg into Sydney as second officer the captain asked him to draw a circuit on the FMS complete with expected downwind and base leg turning points, distances, speeds and altitudes. He told the captain he had not been taught this during simulator training and that he simply did not know how to do it the way the captain wanted it.
The captain then wrote a report to management saying the second officers FMS knowledge was deficient and recommended further training on FMS. The second officer argued his case that the FMS was never meant to be used for frivolous pictures on a screen. He was given the option to resign after questioning company "procedure". His 3000 hours command on international operations in the 737-200 meant exactly zero to Qantas who obviously saw that so called FMS "skills" were infinately more valuable than hard won hands on experience.