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Old 26th Sep 2011, 15:54
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One of the major reasons that T'Fly recruited DECs was to bring some recent 737 experience into the airline, and as a result some of the most experienced TOM 737 captains are DECs.
Well actually a good few were not 737 type rated.

But I take the point, very well made.

What I was querying is Pinhead's assertion that there are
a few "low" experienced Captains at TOM who got in at the right time
which seemed to be aimed at the command selection process or DECs

I was hoping for some expansion on this as I didn't think anyone got into the LHS just by seniority as there was a rather high failure rate if I remember correctly. Ability was required to meet the very high standard.

I believe that this is a human factors issue and not necessarily anything to do with experience.
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