You are partially incorrect. I have a few friends interviewing at UAL without any turbine PIC time and though 'experienced' they certainly don't have 5,000+ hours of RJ time. And before you speculate, no, they're not women or minorities. They're sharp, well-networked, and good sticks. I hope we hire them. Knowing our recruitment team fairly well, I'm confident they will choose wisely for UAL going forward and cast a wide net.