So just where exactly should we all have gone to get jobs flying turboprops when there aren't THAT many out there to begin with? I'm pretty sure Comair, Republic, Trans States, GoJet, PSA, Air Wisconsin, and ExpressJet to name a few operate an all jet fleet. Skywest, ASA, Mesa, and Eagle are mostly jets as well as far as I know. So again, look at that many RJ jobs, and regardless of what you think about their existence, where would you have had all of those pilots go to find turboprop jobs that didn't exist just because they should have to fly them first before tey get to fly a jet?