Bestglide

That’s a pretty racist comment.

OOfff

Perhaps because he’d make a good employee?

Xjrstreetcar

That's helpful.... And along that note, he probably will pass a drug screen and has a valid medical...

OOfff

I mean, why do you seem to think that he should have been “screened out?”

Xjrstreetcar

Based on the composition of new hire classes, few with his experience make the cut, no?

C130driver

Must appease the SJW crowd, that coupled with spineless management.

Mesabah

Airlines hire based on reliability, not experience.

OOfff

According to many people here, a lot of new hires make the cut with that level of experience.

Xjrstreetcar

This is interesting. I wonder how that is determined. Credit history, psychological profile, hobbies? Probably a correlation with college major...

NxNW

Is it possible that the composition of age in new hires should be varied and that’s probably a factor in some new new hires? Although hiring based on age would be illegal but the hiring practices of the past have made this bed of massive retirement numbers coming for all the airlines in the next 5-10 years. If age was spread out better, between let’s say 25-60 in each class HR could lay out more reasonable and steady retirement numbers for the future and not large waves. I understand that the age bump to 65 didn’t help things either, but I think the point is that the age makeup should be spread out in order to help future manning.

Additionally maybe that FO had a great flying background to boot. Maybe they flew cargo in the NE or Alaska for a few years, or had some experience that set them apart from others.

I don’t know, what do you think the validity is of purposely hiring an age spread?