Do you have a better way to weed out applicants??... The regionals set a minimun, that weeds out hundreds of 500-1000 hour kids who thik they're proficient and ready to fly a jet... You are right, amount of hours flown doesn't mean much, but its still the best way to assure you're interviweing the most qualified applicants...

If we go by your system, then Eagle would get 20,000 resumes, under the EXPERIENCE part, guys would write in " I have 300 hrs, but I am proficient"...

The majors/box haulers require 1000 turbine PIC, and that's OK. PIC means judgment, responsibility. My problem with the majors is that they consider RJ/prop PIC better time than 767 or MD11 SIC.....That I have a problem with. A good friend of mine left Express Jet as an F/O for Eva Air. He's been at Eva Air for 5 years now, MD11 F/O.... He doesn't have 1000 turbine PIC, so he can't apply at UPS and Fedex. One guy went to UPS straight from a Beech 1900.

my 2 cents