Originally Posted by
740i
Entitlement rears it's ugly head.
Companies are free to set minimums as they choose.
For a long time jetBlue required PIC turbine in airplanes over 20k MGTOW. Eliminating Jetstream/1900/Metro captains from the fray.
AirTran required 500PIC Part 121. 135/91 PIC did not count.
Some airlines require college, some do not.
The fact is that hiring demographics can and will change. You seem lucky to have gotten on with what I assume is PDT at 310TT (Judging by your times above) which by any account is extremely low time. 7 years ago you wouldn't have even gotten a sniff from most regionals at that level of experience.
That doesn't make a company arrogant, they just know what kind of experience they can attract.
Airlines don't lower minimums because they want to, it's because they have to.
I think you missing the point, it is not about Entitlement!!!! It's about being given an Opportunity. Just like i was given an opportunity early on in my career, i was able to show i can succeed. Just like for many years the rest of the world have hired low time pilots in their respective countries, they showed with proper training they can succeed flying Big jets. So does it make the low time pilot that started to fly the big jet early on in his career better than a Tprop guy!!!! No, he was just given a good opportunity at the time, and made the most of it.