my mistake.... it is a great story... I could be wrong and I hesitate to say this, but I wish more pilots did things that way... traditional/61/piston twin jobs, etc... you are exactly right that it rounds the perspective into aviation in general. There's just something missing about going from 0 time to RJ FO in 6 months or whatever it is.... also a lot of people never seem to take time to enjoy more of aviation before they get that "airline" job.