Dani
I think you can hardly compare the IT with the pilots business.
I wasn't. Sorry if I did not make myself clear. I was trying to point out that: managers in different fields make the same mistake.
In this case, they think that hiring
only fully qualified staff will do. They do not like training someone new from outside because it costs money and the outcome is uncertain. As well as the cost of training, the cost of recruitment is high in staff time and paperwork. If the candidate then fails, the gap in the schedules might mean lost rotations. If you already have the type rating, then their risk is gone. They, of course, want to have the person both rated AND cheap.
Once they have someone in the company for a few years, they will consider cross training them on another type but
only because they know them. Taking a promising person and training them is a high risk - so they don't do it. And they don't do in IT either!!