It's not as I don't want Jet Doc or others to fly for the airlines if they want. I am reminded of back when I was instructing (and later moved up to a management instructor position). Students would near the end of a rating/certificate, and just *grill* me about why I wasn't signing them off for the checkride. They were spending good money, and not signing them off when they felt ready was tantamount to thievery.

No. They weren't ready. I want what was best for them. Sorry if it seems like I'm being mean and nasty by not signing a person off right this instant.

Then there were instructors who didn't have and were not even working towards IIs or MEIs going around lining up instrument and multi students for themselves. I would tell them, let those instrument and multi students go to instrument and multi instructors. Again-I'm accused of being mean and nasty for telling people-"you're just not ready yet."

Listen-if you get your 1,500 hours you almost certainly WILL have regionals blowing up your phone. Given the turn in rate of the 50 seaters, odds are pretty good your first jet with be 76 seats. Seventy six pax!! What's than an MTOW of, 86,000 pounds? Why is everyone so mad that the world is out to get them?