Interesting posts. Unbelievable as it sounds but other people have noticed as well so I'm not going mad. As the Vietnam era pilots give the flying away & younger, less experienced people take up the administrative reigns of companies this issue may even become more prevalent.
WhirlwindIII - I may well be overthinking the issue, & what you say makes sense to me so I hope you're the man reading the resumes when I'm looking to broaden my horizons.
From my experiences I have formed the opinion that if you spend the first 5000hrs in a particular section of the industry, eg utility, offshore, EMS, mustering, Ag etc then it is difficult to convince employers that you can "fit in" in another section.
As long as I'm happy in the section I've chosen then I suppose the rest of the BS is irrelevant!!