Qualifications needed to fly modern airliners?

[vanNostrum]

Would experience weight more than education when evaluating a candidate? Don't know
When there is an abundance of applicants the education requirements are there to create a pool of candidates that have proven to be "techeable"  and persistent enough to reach a goal
To weed out resumes

 

[Eric Janson]

[quote author=vanNostrum link=topic=3895.msg10448#msg10448 date=1471061371]
Would experience weight more than education when evaluating a candidate? Don't know
When there is an abundance of applicants the education requirement is there to get a pool of candidates that have proven to be ''teachable''
[font=verdana]and persistent enough  to achieve a goal[/font]
[font=verdana]And to weed out resumes [/font][/quote]

When I was looking for work in 2013 nobody was interested in my education - Experience and Ratings were what got me interviews.

In the past I've had an informal 20 minute chat with the DFO after which he told me "You are welcome".

At my present employer it was also an informal chat followed by a Simulator session. They just wanted to see if you would fit in and could fly the aircraft.

[Colonel]

The ratio of supply of, and demand for pilots is
what determines the qualifications and experience
that companies can ask for.

If there's plenty of pilots around, and jobs are scarce,
the HR people can ask for 20,000 hours, under age 25,
PhD in astrophysics from an ivy league university, three
moon landings, type rating on the space shuttle, no
cavities, no broken bones and a perfect tan.

If pilots are scarce and jobs are plentiful, well, HR
is going to be lucky to get fresh CPL's with 200 hours
that can hear thunder and see lightning that haven't
done serious jail time.