Originally Posted by DownInPetaluma

Legacies, on average, are hiring the less experienced captains as well. Where does that leave a guy with 10k hours in the left seat? (Yes, degree included.)

I really would like to know what disqualifies someone with above average flight hours. Some of us would like to move on and hang our hat at a LCC and have decades left to give.

Very frustrating seeing average guys and gals move on after supervising some of their teething pain. It is a surreal hiring environment where experience is seen as a liability pretty much everywhere now.