Lets face it, seems that at the end of the day the d-head/ good guy ratio appears to be the same as QF, possibly better, jumping through all those hoops amounts to jack ****.
EP, with you on the smoking gun thing and Virgin, I think, are realising that already. ( ie. it's happened )
Mr.Hat, the unfortunate/ fortunate ?? thing about our profession, is that anyone can have a really good day/days and pass a check.
It does'nt necessarily mean they should be where they are. To back this statement up, the company I was with had more than one Captain pass his initial ceck only to fail later down the track.