Give me the 2000-3000 hr direct entry from Europe sitting beside me while deicing in Beijing over a 200 hr guy who has never seen ice other than in his sprite he gets with his Happy meal from Maccas any day of the week, or the Canadian who flew 2000 hours in a turbo prop who flys in ice regularly, or the American who flys through tornado alley daily, how on earth is that not valuable seat of the pants experience worthy of offering a package to attract to join us?
Absolutely back ground matters a whole damn lot on the proverbial dark and stormy night when things start going wrong. While the cadets are deciding whether to go 10 or 20 miles left or right of track around the rather ominous looking ground return at 80 miles... "Oh and there is a bit of purple in it, should we sit the girls down do you think?"