However, each failed exercise on any simulator or line check would mean that the pilot was penalised one point
That brings back unhappy memories for this writer - albeit it over 25 years ago now. . On being invited back to re-join my old airline after two years in the wilderness of driving taxis, the then chief pilot made it clear there was no way he was going to have Centaurus back to the flock. My invitation to come back was from someone higher up the food chain - bless his cotton socks.
On arrival at the small Pacific republic ready to hop back in the 737, I was met by a person who had just been to a cocktail party on the island. She had overheard a conversation at said party where a check captain quietly informed a minion "Centaurus is back and we are going to give him a hard and rocky road in the simulator." Therein started three long months of the worst excesses I have seen in a simulator in my long career. Subject closed.
Is it any wonder that promotion on perceived merit is wide open to abuse of the principles of fair play? They walk among us
