Additionally, and someone who's been in the game longer than I correct me if I misstep, a lot of the guys who might have gotten hired at regionals w/ a only few hundred hours in the '06-'07 range mostly spent a while as FO's before upgrading...so maybe the "incidents and accidents" figures were further reduced by the fact than they'd gain a lot of experience by the time they upgraded. But the point remains that experience should be gained BEFORE stepping into the flight deck of a turbine powered transport aircraft.