I think you should take a better look at Gulfstream's program. They offer you the "oppurtunity" to PAY $30,000 in order to sit in the right seat of a B1900 and sling gear for 250 hours while getting paid $14/hr. Now I'm not that great at higher end math but simple arithmetic isn't too hard for me. That means Mr. Gulfstream FO's net income from his "meager" pay is NEGATIVE $26,500. That's pretty F*ing meager by anyones standards (sweatshops included). You're right he's not taking away some fat airline pilot's high paying job directly. But he is taking away an entry level job from someone who may be a safer, more competent pilot but who would rather MAKE $26,500 slinging gear in a B1900 than pay for the privelege.

As far as "better" training. I call BS on that one. Explain to me how flying around with a babysitter in clear, blue Caribbean skies, having to dodge the occasional T-storm while learning the ins and outs of raising and lowering the gear on a B1900 makes someone a better pilot than the guy who is flying in and out of icy airports, around t-storms, having to do the babysitting and decision making themselves. I don't know any Gulfstream captains but I wouldn't let one of those snot-nosed 400 hour FOs decide where to have lunch let alone wether or not we should land at our destination, hold or divert.