Originally Posted by BlueScholar

But your anecdotal story that says "because 2 out of a class of 40 new hires has one or two pilots under 25, everyone with a U number starting with 39 or 40 is inexperienced" is completely accurate? The facts say the typical new hire is in their 30's and has over 3,000 hours of flight time. Cherry picking 2 or 3 people from a group of 40 to make your point seems like a pretty extreme reach to me.