True but those Jet FOs have been warming the right seat of a RJ or some jet for 6-8 years guaranteed before even being considered for a interview. Now unless they know someone from the hiring board in that case yes network is the key, but many legacy carriers who hire on merit STILL prefer 121 PIC TIME over jet and my friend is not the only source, I have lists of various people from the majors to support my point. Maybe carriers like Jetblue, Spirit or VX hire from right seat and that is true as some of my friends who were RJ FOs did go on to these carriers but if your aiming for a legacy like Delta, United or American than PIC time is almost guaranteed to be required to meet the competitive applications my friend.