- What's the reason for bringing students directly from ab-initio courses into the cockpit of a modern airliner?
1) Ab-initio pilots get paid less than DEP's.
2) Ab-initio pilots are bonded longer and generally stay with the company for their whole career (loyalty).
I think you will find that these programmes with LH, BA etc. when they run are not because inexperienced, psychometrically tested people make better pilots, but because the bean counters decide its cheaper in the long run.
MAX
