I hope nobody is arguing that *all* pilots coming out of flight factories are lesser aviators or people. I got some friends in CAPT (Matty P. we'll call him for this example) who work really hard and get as much out of the program as they could. They're great pilots. Albeit, we all come out of the shop with hardly any real world experience compared to all the pilots out there, but that doesn't necessarily make us bad pilots or bad people. Just inexperienced.

I came out of CAPT, and I have no experience in 121 operations. I walked out of CAPT not feeling confident about my skills behind a jet, even though the FAA says I passed their standards with that DC-9 type rating. Then again, the FAA will give you enough rope to hang yourself with (as my former CFI like to tell me). By no means do I personally feel I am qualified to fly a jet despite what's displayed on that piece of plastic the FAA issued me.