3000 hours typically is what they seem to be using as a threshold, except for military (single seat types). Getting a call is not a guarantee..though we seem to be mining Republic and ExpressJet quite a bit. Despite what some like to intimate in here, they are actually selective, in some cases perhaps too much so. Normal career progression wherever a person has flown seems to be quite a factor, and it is understood how backlogged some places have been.

Desperation is relative...we are still getting very solid pilots for the most part, but the pool is shrinking. I talked to one gentleman here who is on the Bus...he was turned down by JetBlue two years ago and is a very solid pilot, then out of the blue was called again and he turned them down. Even JetBlue seems to be feeling a bit of a pinch in regards to what their pool has become...