@Irishpilot1990,
If you want to believe that it is the main reason why they are hired , no problem for me.
All I know is that each time I speak with a pilot from a different airline they all think that they are the best trained and proficient pilots... You must all be right then...
But after so many years in aviation I can tell you that in general and everywhere the average quality of the training has been reduced.
The main reason is the fact that the number of hours of training I get today is half the one I had years ago...
The ground course are mainly given by sitting in front of a computer while when I started we had a nice professional in front of us to answer any question we may have and in the manual we have less and less information made available to us...