Originally Posted by BoilerUP

You bring up an interesting contradiction.

You say we can't be that selective in the US because there would not be any pilots, "that's why you go on experience". Unfortunately for you, the pool of experienced pilots willing to fly for the airlines for the current level of compensation is dwindling rapidly. In order to maintain staffing, airlines are accepting pilots with less experience (instead of sharply increasing compensation)...and are doing so without negative effects to safety of the operation.

You still never answered this question in another thread - has there been a modern 121 accident in the United States directly attributable to a sub-ATP minimums pilot being at the controls?