Nice post Microburst. I particularly like:
"'Nowadays, selection exist no more, because pilots are buying the product for money. This is what decides who seats on the right hand seat and nothing else.
The absence of proper selection in pilot recruiting is affecting safety and should be stopped at once.
The system should follow this principle:"
"Selection first, hiring second, training third"
A very apt point regarding a tried and tested system which was common years ago, but has been releagted to history in most (but not all) companies by the accountants. You are of course referring to the cadet pilot scheme.
However, people are waking up to the fact that there are defficiencies in the system as it is now (Coglan at Buffalo and 1 to Go at Phuket imediately spring to mind) and in my opinion, we will see a return to these schemes. Unfortunately, I think it will only be as a result of a few more hull losses and public then political pressure.