Kinda off the topic but I think this ties into the conversation.

I went to a smaller 141 college where the whole mentality was to do an internship with XYZ airlines, buy your 100 multi and when you get 500 TT your out the door to the airline (AKA SJS). Almost to the point of feeling entitled to a job when they get 500/100. I didn’t buy into the whole do an internship for a semester and work full time for a company (for free) just to get lowered minimums. Go out there and get a job to build up your time, then go get some good experience flying freight or whatever you want to do. When I voiced my opinion about wanting to work at a place like airnet, everyone thought I was crazy. OMG, single-pilot IFR, are you crazy, you won’t get to fly a nice, new jet!!!! But all they hear are stories of people who never had jobs like that, just went straight from instructing to the regionals. They talk about how dangerous it is and my favorite quote, don't they fly props! All from people who have absolutely zero experience with that type of flying. But, if that’s what they want then I am more than happy for then, I'm just one of those people who don't need to fly a jet to be happy, especially at the pay rates of some of those places!

I would be interested in hearing some of routes guys took back in the 90's as far as how many hours they instructed before they moved onto their next job. How many hours did it take to find a job in 135/121 back then?