Rick,
I can understand that. However, there are many of us who never had the opportunity to fly corporate despite our desires. Initially, I wanted to fly corporate. No bites, no luck, 'sorry, need more time' - you know the drill. I ended up taking the airline route. While I couldn't be happier at my airline and fully intend to retire here (I'm 27), if my airline went belly up, I would still love to be able to fly corporate. Now I read Mr. Shallow Hal underdog's post here who tosses every airline pilot's resume into a round file, and that makes me wonder: why? Why not interview a pilot and see how and if that pilot would fit in.
Sure, charter and corporate flying is different from airline - flight planning, catering, sitting around, moment's notice, etc. But it doesn't mean that an airline pilot with type ratings in airliners couldn't handle charter tempo or training. I will not buy that for a second. I was loading my own freight, I was doing my own flight plans, getting and deciphering my own weather etc., and loved every second of it while doing it for barely survivable wages. Even though. I have dispatchers doing it, but it doesn't mean I wouldn't like or couldn't handle doing things on my own like I did back then plus more, for quite a bit more money and at a career place.
My problem with underdog's post is the shallow hal mentality that all airline pilots are not worth a dime for a job opening in his flight department. As you say, you would look at a pilot's overall picture. Judging by underdog's posts, he doesn't seem like he would. Makes me wonder if he tried to get hired at airlines before, and got shot down so now he's carrying a grudge and a big-fish-in-a-small-pond complex.