The age old argument about flight time required to get a job is never going to end.

It is ultimately a question of market economics and this is where it is.

I guess my point is that we shouldn't blame the young and inexperienced pilots for the fact that they get jobs with low time. It is the state of the industry that means that the supply of high time pilots is dried up.

Was I a super pilot at 260 hours? Absolutely not. But that was how the market worked when I was hired and that is how it is working now.

Peace.

PS - I have thousands of hours now. All of it SIC because of market conditions. Unfortunately, it is the way the ball bounces sometimes.