Also, let's not forget that the overwhelming majority of the new hires (me included) are coming with years and thousands of hours of experience in all different types of jets or turboprops. It is true there's a handful of CFIs without a previous 121 experience being hired (one out of 6 in my class), but they are a minority and they will have to stick in the right seat a bit longer anyway to get their 1000 hours. There's nothing wrong with this concept in my opinion. The experience level seams to be higher to me then it was when 250 hour commercial pilots were getting hired and upgrading the moment they reached the magical 1500 hour number. Besides, a lot of them did upgrade successfully and have been flying safely since.