my best buddy was hired at 220/25... breezed through training and completed IOE in a shade under 30 hours i believe. his IOE captain told him he was a natural... so for anyone to say low time guys are not ready or unsafe is a joke... bumping around the desert in a 152 building hours doesnt make one any better at flying... and if at 1000TT you still feel like youre not ready for a CRJ, than youre probably just not that good.

the sooner the crop dusters and traffic watchers get over their jealousy of guys that made it to a jet without having to drive a cessna around for 3 years the happier we'll all be. ya there's some low time guys out there that have no business being airline pilots and the majority of them if lucky enough to get hired wash out rather quickly; but im tired of hearing how dangerous and irresponsible it is... some of us might actually have talent.