Exceedingly Rude
I believe it is exceedingly rude the way that some airlines today do not notify highly qualified pilots who are not accepted for an advertised job. The pilot is left in limbo, wondering if the selection process has finished. Given that it costs nothing to send an email I cannot understand the lack of courtesy and decency.
We want our children to grow up in a caring and courteous world. In the past it was mainly criminals who acted against the interests of society. Increasingly today it is the corporate world.
In the 'good old days' a company would have paid the cost of individually typed letters plus postage to notify unsuccessful applicants.