recirc,
There is zero chance of Air2000 changing the command selection procedure.That is the nature of the airline.
The chop rate for command courses recently has been high. Last year over 50% I believe. Two to my knowledge have failed already this year.
Having obtained your "command standard" base checks and having completed the required minimum number of "command standard" line flying assessments you are deemed capable of passing a command course.However this is clearly not the case as the failure rate would indicate.Now, either unsuitable candidates are being put forward or the command course is flawed.I suspect the latter.Also,if a command course is failed no credit is given for the aforementioned
"hoops" which have been jumped through and so, for example, a four year F/O finds they're effectively in the same boat career wise as an F/O who joined a couple of months ago.Consequently we have a number of experienced chaps who have had their confidence battered and whose morale is rock bottom.A sorry state of affairs indeed.
I think the whole process needs a rethink but,as I mentioned earlier,this will not happen.