Sweet...why not just have all airlines raise their mins to 5-7K and completely exclude ex military guys? Did you know that mil conversions exist because we log time differently? That half hour taxi...guess what, I log NOTHING. Pretty common for mil pilots to log 300 to 500 hrs/year. Most of that is under some pretty austere conditions. You paid your dues, I've paid mine. I'll never argue that a mil guy is more qualified simply by way of being mil. I will argue that he should have at least an equal shot though.