Originally Posted by FlyJSH

You got it. Haul checks or boxes for a while, don't kill yourself, and then you can haul a bunch of people.

Unfortunately the 300 hour wonders don't get this.

I have 7 dead friends and another 5 coworkers. I miss them and hope they found peace. But they were not up to flying people.

The reality is a good private pilot with an instrument rating can pass the ATP checkride. But that doesn't mean they have the experience to fly an airliner.