"There is absolutely no point hiring experienced first officers....." until that is the experienced Captain, keels over, incapacitated, crap weather everywhere, way outside experience levels of our new hire colleague who has suddenly found himself promoted to Captain of said shiny jet which he is now flying single pilot ops! Russian Roulette anyone? Why do you think there is a backlash slowly gaining momentum in the US about hiring practices/experience levels in the airline industry? Unfortunately, it may take a smoking hole to stop the rot
