I would not pretend to be a supporter of the recruitment system but I cannot deny my surprise at the result. With about 1000 pilots on the airbus fleet I can honestly say I have only twice really wanted to get off the aircraft and as far away from the guy next to me as possible.
The process offers a small window in which a candidate can be viewed and variables such as the group of applicants, nerves and assessors obviously mean there will be some questionable outcomes. I think everyone must accept that this system does reject some good pilots but it certainly rejects many more on merit. There is always an odd ball that gets all the way through. They however usually get weeded out at the late stages of training or when they enter MOP. How does a FPP candidate get chucked out after going through all the training? I guess its hard to assess stupidity