Not quite. In a year you'd have another 1000 hours so you would have 2000 hours, which is more than respectable for most regionals. Most good regionals like guys with a good amount of CFI time. CFI as much as you can in the coming months and rack up those twin times if you can. And get the ATP. It will give you the edge.

Looking at all the latest indications, 90% of the economists are predicting economic recovery by the end of this year so we'll see if airlines will start hiring again in a year's time.

Just know airline business is cyclical and very unstable. So if you are looking for any type of job security or guarantees that you will make to the majors, forget about it. There are guys out there right now who spent 9 to 10 years at a regional and left their regional CA job to go to the majors and a good many of them were furloughed last year and some are back to being an FO on another regional making about $24,000 a year with a family to support.