99% of the time I enjoy reading your posts, Whack. Seriously.

But, assuming you're being serious, why? Because no one with 1700TT could possibly be qualified enough to fly at a major airline? Or because they haven't paid enough in the way of dues to be worthy in your eyes? If you don't have military flying experience, then you have no idea how demanding, diverse, dangerous, or complex those 1700 hours can be. (Notice I said "can" be...just like civilian hours, not all military hours are created equal. But they sure as hell can be all those things).

Now, this is NOT a mil vs. civilian comment. Just because someone doesn't have mil experience doesn't mean they aren't an outstanding pilot. It's not either/or. But what's ridiculous is saying someone getting hired with 1700 hours is ridiculous when you don't know anything about them or the quality of those hours.

Then why not just institute a hiring policy that is based solely on Total Time and PIC? No one gets an interview unless they're next highest time guy on the list. Right.