Low and Slow
Low - Now in English, why don't you try to explain to us exactly what you just said....that attitude is more important then experience? That hiring guys with experience might result in guys not willing to learn?
Please do tell.
You know I see a ton of pilots getting jobs out there, because they are liked, it's a social thing, and they are willing to tell those in charge exactly what they want to hear. Call me old school, but the pilot is supposed to be in charge, have some individualism, be able to make decisions, not always go to SOPS manual for every problem.
Trying to find guys that fit into a mold then expect them to operate outside of the mold when something extra ordinary happens has and will always be a problem in an orginization.
A willingness to learn is something that old timers and newbies should have, and I will be the first to admit there are the argumentative type that will always resist change, so some just find guys that know nothing to counteract that...then another plane goes in because a weak FO literaly doesn't know the capt is going to crash the plane, or won't speak up.
The problem seems to be that when people purport to 'hire experienced pilots' then try to train out all the wisdom learned, it's a sham. If the pilot is asked to fly on fumes, always go at V1, fly with maint issues, and he resists, he's a trouble maker.