The comment was in reference to going to a major not a regional. Of course a regional would hire you with or without 402 time, or anytime for that matter if it was up to them.

He's saying that if you fly the 402 for a few years you could hopefully only spend a year or two at a regional before going to a major or national etc, while making more money and having a better schedule. Rather then spending 4-5 years at a regional to get into the 4-5k hours range.

Whether or not this is true I have no idea.

I was at cape for 3.5 years and went to a regional, for the same reason everyone else did. You have to have glass and turbine to move on in this career right now. No one is jumping from Cape directly to a major right now, it has happened quite a while in the past, and it could possibly happen in the future, but it sure as hell isn't happening now.

As for the Jetblue flow through. It is mostly for people who were in the bridge internship program from the start. Some people were able to flow through from the general pilot group but you have to meet the internship requirements, ie go to UND or Riddle. I would not recommend going to cape if your putting all your eggs in the flow through basket. And with all flows, when the company is hurting on pilots and they are not contractually obligated to flow you (both are true at Cape right now), there is a huge incentive to stall people on flowing, not saying there are doing it just saying it's something to consider.

If you live in a Cape base that you can actually hold (there's the catch as there are like 40 bases and most only have 4-8 pilots in them) and want to build some time before going to a regional for your ceremonial thrashing. Then go to Cape, otherwise just hit 1500 and go regional.

Just my 2.