Originally Posted by colonials13

Recently, on a United flight from LAX to SYD, a relative was chit-chatting to the purser. They discuss the industry, future pilot hiring needs, etc. On the pilot hiring side, the purser advises to start throwing apps in at 500 hours to get on the radar. When the relative told me this, I sorta nodded and said "oh cool, yeah!" In my mind, I was thinking "WTF?"

Is there really any point in that?