Originally Posted by RB211

You all do realize that many South American, and even European airlines put 250 hour wonders in the right seat of 737's and A320's right?
I've taught over 100 of them, some are flying 777's right now with far fewer hours than I have.
To be honest, this 1500 hour rule is absolutely stupid. I'd rather have a kid fresh out of ATP with 250 hours with a brain like a sponge. I can show him one time how to do something, he'll get it down perfectly. They are much better to have in the cockpit than a 40+ year old person who has never flown a jet, but accumulated his 1500 hours over 20 years flying out of uncontrolled airports in his C152.
The only supposedly good thing about this 1500 hour rule is the affect that it will "eventually" have on our paychecks... Geez, we screwed over the new guys for a supposed bigger paycheck! Talk about hypocritical!!