At the risk of hijacking this thread............. all of a sudden there seems to be a lot of concern about a "list". And the fact that a lot of really great, experienced, pilots are not getting jobs because they appear on this "list".
It makes me think........what about all the experienced pilots, around about 800 in total, who reapplied for their jobs in early 1990 with Ansett, at the direction of the AFAP?
They were all, selected and trained by Ansett,trained to the airlines standard, and willing to work for them. But except for a number less than 20. all were decreed as not suitable for Ansett any longer. Many of these pilots went on to obtain even more qualifications and experience outside of Ansett, and continued to apply for a job back with their old employer, but always to no avail.
That was Ansetts right, I am sure they did not have a list, they just found that despite a person who may had previously flown for them for 10 or 20 years, incedent free, and was now more qualified than before, the person just did not meet the company profile that was currently required. And the flight staff in AN, set the standards, as was their job, and these were applied.
So why is is such a problem now, that other airlines, are applying thier own standards, and regardless of so called "experience", saying that " we are sorry, you dont meet our profile".
Every airline is different, each knows what it wants. Ansett decided what it wanted, and employed those people. Other airlines have the same right to decide who they want, and employ the same.