a buddy of mine is on ioe at copa and was telling me how his IOE captain was chewing him out for asking when to tell the FA's to sit down going into jfk. From the other guys he has talked to all the captains are like that. He is a citizen of Panama and has been totally shocked by the corporate culture there. He is actually pretty upset that he couldnt get a work visa to get a job with a regional in the us. The flying he does there is difficult, no radar, bad radios, and no one speaks english on the frequencies. (He was yelled at for calling up carracas center in english by his IOE captain.) Also he was telling me that his sim partner had 300 and 50 with no instrument skills. I was shocked and disgusted to think that they are putting brand new commercial pilots into the right seat of a 737. I know here we debate is it safe and practical to put them in the right seat of a crj or saab but a 737. I personally think you can go and have one hell of an adventure with them or do the more common regional route in the US.