Sapperkenno, bang on!
Its not about having cadets in the flightdeck, its about having people with the ''right stuff'' which is pretty basic if you ask me.. Its alright to fail a checkride if there was a good reason behind it but when you see this guy's history this is unacceptable..
Bottomline: If you have the money you get the job no matter what.
An other threat I 've noticed, is that while 99% of the people usually are totally fine to fly with there is that 1% that are complete or partially psychos in the flightdeck. I never had any psychological check before or during my brief career so far, but I wonder if it wouldn't be a bit safer to have one. Though I know some airlines do a full personality check, I know for sure that many others don't. A bit off track maybe but I find it relevant..
Last edited by Jetpipe.; 3rd November 2014 at 22:23.