Originally Posted by
Rahlifer
But regional airlines are entry level jobs. Where else in the world (outside of the military) could anyone get a job flying a jet with 250 hours and a wet commercial certificate? Or become a "captain" at 1500 hours with nothing more than a few hundred hours of Cessna command time under their belt? The standards dropped so incredibly low that regionals will forever be seen as substandard.
Literally everywhere else in the entire world, and it isn't a CRJ either, it's a 737 or A320. I had some students get into 75s, 76s, and one a 777 with ~200 hours.