The military training model is a valid comparison but there are a lot of differences as mentioned by other posters. I will add also that military safety records (during peacetime operations) have not been as high as civilian safety records. Military training, by nature, is designed to push individuals to the extreme of their capability. I can teach my kid to fly a jet airliner with zero time but it doesn't mean you want him flying the line.

I can sit here and argue with Gloopy all day but he just goes back and forth and gets upset so I think we should call it quits.

In the past the 1500 rule wasn't necessary because airlines would hire a broader base of experience and generally it was hard to get a job at any airline (even flying a 19 seat turboprop) with less than 3000 hours.

There is a very clear reason why airlines push so hard to hire low time pilots these days instead of hiring existing higher time pilots and although guys like Gloopy can't see it (or deliberately ignore it for whatever agenda they have) the problem is real and only the unions can make it go away.

The unions have guys like Gloopy so locked in that it's going to be very hard to break the mentality. Younger regional pilots just starting out in their career need to be wary of the propaganda that is fed to them and keep their eyes open.