Appologies,

It appears I was confusing PFT for programs like ATP, RAA, UND, ERAU- apparently you all are talking about that Gulfstream-type deal. That's a slightly different bag.

As a low timer, I will never claim to be a better pilot than someone with more time (or less) unless I've flown with them. Hours TEND to indicate that 1. a person has survived this long so he must be safe 2. experience, hence knowledge, but some of the worst pilots I've flown with were high-time codgers that got sloppy in their old age. Many of my classmates from college were flying F-16s/A-10s with 300hrs, and they are doing a little more than the average RJ pilot, so 300 hours must not mean as little as people think.

Not that I advocate hiring 300hr pilots at regionals but there are some good ones out there.