Congratulations on being hired into a 121 job straight out of college. Seriously, that's awesome and good luck in training. That said...six months out flying the line with reduced rest, 16 hour duty days, broken airplanes and missed commutes and you'll be disgruntled.

I'm a champion for lower-time pilots, and yes many are making it through training...but my airline's failure rate has spiked recently due in part to the relative inexperience of some of our newhires. Considering we have an excellent training department its safe to say that some folks just can't jump from cruising in a Seminole at 140kts to 1800RVR approaches at 147kts in a simulator that is much less stable than the airplane...that's one helluva leap to make. YES, I do think a turbine simulator or FTD course helps...but I think the market rates for such courses from places like FSI and ATP are ridiculously overpriced and because of that are a big waste of cash.