Originally Posted by
deltajuliet
What I'm not seeing much of are the civvies getting hired with 4-5k hours. I'm sure they're out there, but they're certainly not posting here.
Agreed. The vast majority of regional pilots I know getting hired by the majors have 6k+ total time, and many have at least 500 hours TPIC. There have certainly been exceptions and no doubt some sample bias.