Johnny Pick
I see where your coming from but would have to disagree. The Graduate recruiters get thousands of applications too, in their literature they will state minimum grades etc but this does not stop them from being inundated by applications with people that have micky mouse degrees from crap uni's.
Each application form has on average, I guess, about 2-3 minutes worth of attention.
What Ryanair et al should do is state their minima in plain black and white and any applicants without this minima can be weeded out in under 15seconds. Are Ryanair so inundated that they can't read say 100 forms a day (anyone got the actual figures)? Lets say thats 300 minutes/5 hours per day is manageable for one person.
I think that the real reason is that companies out there are taking the p1ss out of people, seeing that they can make a quick buck they take the oppurtunity.
As I have stated the companies should pay for everything and just bond their trainees accordingly, anyone that doesn't make the grade doesn't become a wannabe pilot and thus distort the supply curve. It is precisely because there are so many wannabes that the companies can take advantage - but how many are truly of the right calibre?
I realise that what I'm saying will upset a few people but think about it for a second. From first hand experience I have seen people fail countless tech and nav exams; and fly aircraft in an unbelievable manner. I can safely say that I wouldn't be happy for any of my family to be in the same aircraft as 1/3 of my classmates at Air Training College; guys whose money bought them a right to fly.
