My two cents( from some SWA friends): You are going to score in the middle so somewhere around 6000 total time/1000 plus pic turbine( preferably 121 captain time). They say the reduced mins are are for pilots outside of the average.....ie friends and family, blue angels or any of the other targets they are shooting for....Regionals fly near the max so you will hit those targets in 4 to 5 years....