Sheesh, calm down. I'm just saying that if the CP is telling people that he won't accept applicants with XXX number of hours, I can probably find a pilot somewhere in the system whose presence proves him wrong. It's not like I'm about to walk up to Brad and tell him he's full of crap...

Oh, and I didn't just start with Lakes, I've actually been here for a while (seen all of the seasons, at least), and seen pilots with less time than me get hired - some did very well, some did not. If you're willing to work yourself into a near-suicidal furor in order to hold the job, you might be able to pull it off with 300 hours.