jshg wrote:
Those coming up for pilot training, selected or otherwise, are picked not because they are the best potential pilots of their generation, but because their dads can afford the cost of training.
(utopic) solution for this problem would be a mandatory obligation for a contracting airline to provide free of charge type-ratings with no contractual strings attached. If the newcomer has it, it wouldn't matter, same process as newbies much like a refreshment course.
outcome: only the most motivated and best qualified would be accepted for the TR courses.
I know, not possible and all that jazz...
GD&L