Let's say I have a B737 type rating and 5.000 hrs on type. I have to admit that, personnally, I would find quite irritating to go through all the selection process and show my ability to put LEGO bricks together. I would (silently) say "What's going on in their heads ? After all I've been through, why don't they give me a break here ? Why don't we go directly to the torture chamber and do a sim check ?". .. .I truly sympathise with this point. But on the other hand, I approve EZY's point. The "LEGO challenge" reveals a lot about yourself. I might have 5.000 hrs on type, 15.000 hrs total, a PhD in astrophysics, and anything you could ask... and also, AT THE SAME TIME, be the worst perverse bastard in the Universe. I could have an airline "Spirit" close to zero. How would you know ? Who says that I was given my first airline job because I was the best applicant on the list or because the chief pilot owed money to my dad ?. .. .To force even experienced people to go through the "LEGO challenge" is still, I think, a good idea. Recruiters are playing with your balls for a few hours, just to see how you react. Okay, that's not very nice but at least it's fair. . .. .We all know both low-time and high-time pilots who are excellent, average, or terrible aviators (apparently, if the learning curve didn't improve in the first years, it will roughly stay where it's stuck, while others have a learning curve that's steadily going up, and that's great). Sometimes you fly with a guy close to retirement who couldn't even shut down a jet engine properly without putting the flight in trouble, and you feel kind of sorry for all the applicants that were not taken instead of him.. .. .I wish the "LEGO challenge" had been invented 40 years ago !. . <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="biggrin.gif" />