There’s a very annoying and repetitive theme in this thread. Somewhere along the lines of “the less experienced pilots will have to wait for the rest of us gods to punch our ticket at xyz airline, and it’s gonna be a long wait for them” As if you were all born with TPIC time and a jet-type in the 145. You were there once too.
Yes, more experienced pilots would logically be hired before CFIs. But saying airlines HAVE to hire the old guard just cuz is ridiculous and exposes your own insecurities. They can hire whoever the fludge they want. Heck, most of the complainers about the young-in’s probably got into the airlines themselves with 250 hours and a CMEL.