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Any Captain would prefer experience over "my last airplane was a Seminole".
When I was working as a CFI, we had more than one furloughed RJ, ERJ and other equipment FO that came to work for our flight training operation after their airline downsized. Common sense, proficiency, understanding of aerodynamics, technical ability and airmanship are not a given byproduct of airline FO training or experience.
This industry keeps shooting itself in the foot constantly.