something about nails and hitting heads ??
B200Drvr
I think you've identified one of the major problems with our industry today... and I couldn't agree more.
There are far too many people (note: people, not pilots) sat in the RHS of 737 / 320 / whatever that just have no experience of aviation.
Lets face it, if you have a fat cheque book it's not difficult to get a froz ATPL and a type rating (plus 300 hrs) and still have no idea how to fly.
I'm with B200Drvr - ALL pilots wanting that RHS should spend an apprenticeship doing the real learning - that means a lot of the 1500 hrs requirement doing work as FIs, para-dropping, taxi work, etc.
The now shrinking status of drivers of the shiney jets can only be recovered when they are 'real pilots', not just trained monkeys with big loans or wealthy parents.
Right - rant over - back to work !!