good post flynavyj, i agree with almost all of it...

whos more qualified to be in the right seat though... a pilot factory graduate with 300TT, crm and adavanced jet training dealing with V1 cuts, engine fires, and rapid decomps or a 600TT cessna 206 night time box flyer. dont get me wrong there's nothing bad about box hauling across kansas, but for some to make these blanket statements that some guy with 391TT is fooling himself if he thinks he might be ready for 121 is flat out ridiculous.

and yes, we lower time guys do work at whats commenly reffered to as "less than desirable regionals"... i understand the game and i made the descision to take a job now and build time in a jet rather than teaching steep turns and slow flight to get to a place that pays $2 more an hour and might only kick me in the groin once every other week.