I had 3800 hours when I was able to get hired by my first regional and I was the lowest time guy in class. A few years before I got on I was told that they were hiring 5000 hour guys.

A year later I was teaching basic indoctrination and there was a guy sitting in class with 190 hours total time and 45 of that was in a simulator.

The regional made a choice to hire low timers. Market conditions did not warrant it.

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