Thank you that was what I was about to say, I would never give someone horrible career advice I am only going by what I have personally seen. 2 guys at the 135 place i used to work for went straight to a major while I was there, 1 to CAL and 1 to SWA the one at SWA did have 2 recs though. I was fortunate enough to work at a company that had several large biz jets that i got into the right seat of after a few months, and did extensive international flying to central and south america and was fortuante enough to get one trans atlantic crossing. I believe UPS even had a trans atlantic crossing as part of the requirements to get hired there for a while, but i heard they dropped it. I agree though I dont see why a G2 captain and a 121 rj captain with similar times wont both be competitive at a major. Anyway i dont want to start an argument I am by no means an expert bottom line is in this career I think most will agree jet time is jet time and its all about who you know.