Bokkenrijder,
Your posting only makes me think one thing: what a male hen
I agree that EK's requirement equals jet and that TPs don't count, however, the rest of your writing is utter tosh.
I regularly fly with people who only had military T/P experience before making the transition to an airline widebody (B744) jet, and for many that is just one bridge too far with regards to both energy and cockpit management.
The fact that you 'regularly fly' with these people in your, wow, B744 ***JET*** means they did make the transition and it wasn't a bridge too far.
Captaincy, crew management, flying skills, intelligence, customer focus, initiative and common sense are qualities that any airline will look for. There are many military and non-military pilots who can amply demonstrate these skills WITHOUT having flown a jet and James P
MAY well be able to do so in droves. As it stands, at the moment, he will not be given the opportunity until EK's pilot shortage becomes worse and they change their requirements (just as many carriers have done in the past and will do so again) but the other skills are far more important than the amazing abilities that only the wonder boy jet pilots have. Jets are easy and all this horse!!!!! about amazing speeds etc is just that.....it's just a number on the speed tape/dial and does not require rocket science
For the record, yes I fly jets. Yes, they are, gosh, widebody. Yes, I've got quite a few hours on the B744 (jet). Yes, I'm a captain. Yes, I'm ex-military. Yes, I flew jets there, too. No, I have nothing to do with EK (passed their selection but went elsewhere if you're really interested).