Originally posted by Paxboy:
But - if they get it wrong, and the person does not qualify?
That is the real question here: Do non type rated fail more often than rated? I guess it's the task of a good HR and Flight Ops recruiting team to find out who will be qualified or not, independent on which type ratings the candidates bear. Is a rated, but less qualified pilot making more money in the long run? I seriously doubt. Btw if you find pilots without the rating, you can give them slightly lower wages, so the bean counters should like the idea. That's a clear indication that this strange idea about rated pilots doesn't come from this corner, but from the grey haired chief flight ops'.
I think you can hardly compare the IT with the pilots business. You would have to argue that an IT project manager can only work with the same projects he lead before. All management jobs show very clearly that it's experience that counts, not the field where you have gained it.
Dani