Well look at it this way, it takes 1500 to get on with a regional, when you get to 2000, I doubt many, if any has upgraded to have any turbine pic time. That's probably their intention, get low time pilots in with no pic time trapping them for at least a few years. Sure the legacies are hiring without pic, but those guys typically have 5000+ hours.

These folks are probably more likely to vote yes too, since they're only competitive at another regional if it doesn't work out or furloughed.