First off I HAD over 1500 hours before my first regional job. Should there be an increase in the beginning wages? Yes. Is it the low time pilot's fault that we are in the mess that we are? No! It is the employers, they choose were to set there standards. Last time I checked every pilot in a 121 environment is held to ATP standards during every checkride. So if we are held to the same training standards what does it matter what the resume says. What this thread should be discussing is the total failure in the training department, that lead to the crash that started all this fuss.