Yes it must be very hard to retrain an air taxi pilot who has flown in all sort of weather patterns on his own, had to make decisions on his own, had to put up with commercial pressure on his own etc....
It's soooo more desirable to take 165h graduate who has never flown on his own in IMC, had an instructor sat next to him/her during the vast majority of his/her training and has never carried passengers.....
It seems sooo logical.........
Having trained CAP509 students and being an air taxi pilot, I think it would only be fair from the airline industry to assess people irrespective of their background.
Don't get me wrong! Some 165h pilots are very good indeed and have a far better potential than a sloppy air taxi pilot with thousands of hours on Seneca.
All I am asking for is selection without prejudice.
