ftroop you did not deserve my rude comments, I regret having posted them.
The disscusion of time is ridiculous. most mins are insurance related anyhow, with the exception of Airlines. Here's the thing If I own an Airline and want to cut payroll cost down the road hire lowtimers they won't be upgradable for years wich saves me tons of money. Can they fly ? maybe maybe not they do however have to get thru my training dept and IOE. If I have a training dept that can actually train they will be ok to ride in the right seat. A good IOE capt. can teach em about the line its self. What is gonna be a problem is my captains who have to basicly operate as a single pilot while enduring an FO who has very very little practicle experience. Does not mean the FO will always be a liability however, so I wont be losing any sleep over the fact I have hired such a pilot.
500 hour pilots don't have experience but they can learn just like we all have.