Hand flying skills not a priority says Embry Riddle educator

[bubbers44]

I agree no skills. If you don't get the skills after your basic ratings you will probably never get them with half the airlines. After crop dusting, instructing, charter flying and corporate jet time finally got lucky one day and got my airline job with 5500 hrs, 1000 PIC jet.

I was lucky to get hired because every one else had the same quals. My check ride was in an Electra sim I had never flown with multiple approaches with one, two and three engines shut down. All to a missed approach except the last when at 200 ft another check airman pulled the fire handle on my only engine. This was with no visual.

Now I guess you push the right buttons. By the way it had to be hand flown.