I’m not involved in hiring so take this with a grain of salt. The several bases I’m familiar with are over staffed at the moment in my opinion, especially with FO’s. We have more pilots on the roster than I can ever remember us ever having. Competitive mins from what I’ve been told prior to this happening was around 800TT, now it’s likely more. I know we’ve had people applying that have jet type ratings and ATP certificates. Once you meet part 135 captain mins(1200hrs) you’re likely more competitive. Keep in mind that we have a small pilot group around 170 now. That’s some pretty fierce competition at the moment. I’m optimistic that things will improve for everyone before long. Keep flying if you can and apply every so often, I’ve heard they like to see continued interest.