LJT,
Surely Not,has taken the reply out of my mouth,he got to you before i did.
What SN puts down was,the rationale of the VK Ops management at the start of VK, for the B733,not all the start up Pilots would end up in Management of the Airline. i am still an advocate of all things right....
The high time jet pilots with NO ATP,was a spill off,of the old WT days when it was the Airline who sponsored your ATP,which for some pilots was a money making venture.....WT is not endorsed in the License (ATP) but the pilots name......the VK requirement at the begining was an ATP AMONGST other requirements.....a fair number of the high time jet pilots had no ATP and expected to be interviewed......no sir,Dont have an ATP, HR responded.
it is nice to see now that many just pilots, have sponsored their ATP,when they realised that not having one,was the obstacle to a desired job !!!!
Remember the Frozen ATP is the desired route now for many a bugging Pilot.
As to what Nigerians want or dont want ....is a conversation for another day.