Talking about Jet Blue, Delta, AMR, UAUA et al and their mins is good, because they have changed as the candidates have changed.

15 years ago who would have had 1000 hrs PIC 121. Not many. Now it is just another notch. It by design keeps the guys moving off the top and the overall cost low.

Some majors do not care about that some do. It is another requirements, and RJ's have allowed it to be embraced by pilots. Why? because we have had to.

What needs to be looked at is the regional hiring practices. Regional carriers really do not want to hire 300 hr wonders, but given where this industry is at they are trying to mitigate risk to their bottom line. Ab Inito generally does that to some extent, but not to the level it needs to.
See what regionals and that whole side of the industry have introduced a pilot to airlines passengers much earlier in their careers. It has made a Major Airline hires have 7-15 years (a ton more experience) than they used to have.
It is a interesting dynamic. Due to the Deregulation and Hub and Spoke economics the bars have been raised for major airline pilots and lowered for regional airline pilots. It is taking 10-20 years to see a left seat at a major and two to three at a regional. The regionals are now stagnating and the experience is catching up with the growth. This is not across the board, but in general. It will reverse itself again as we near the great retirement era later this decade. In effect the airlines are going to once again need to lower their barrier for entry to staff their needs.

A fix is costly, it is costly to the airlines, pilots, and the regulators. Pay needs to go up to attract the right profile. That is not happening today and the qualified pool is getting smaller and smaller. The cost of tickets needs to go up. That will cause less travel, which may be a good thing.

The end problem is we are businesses that assumes safety is an given. It is not. Safety needs to start before a pilot candidate flies their first airplane. Attraction is the best form. Pilots would deal with a few years of horrible wages as they quickly moved on to majors and were well in to six figures in a few years. That is no longer the case. 15 years in to this industry and six figures is a just barely. For ppl that have the brains and ability there are better careers with better prospects.

So how do we do it?
First, this is not a regional pilot mistake or issue, this is not a mainline pilot mistake or issue. This is an industry wide issue that the regulators, airlines and unions have all played a part it. We are seeing cracks now. Colgan is a good example, but in less than 10 years we will see epic failure.

Raising the barrier to a regional job is a good first step, but it needs to be more than just a different certificate. It needs to be different and restructured primary flight training. It needs to edge away from less airplane time to more stick time, more situational training. Getting people from private to airline pilot in 12 months has got to stop. There is safety in time. Even a mandatory 12 month stint as a CFI would be a start.
We need to as pilots take on mentoring. I think our union should put tools in place to get pilots to go to the universities etc and talk to prospective pilots. We should look at having a board certification like doctors. It is one more step. That should go hand in hand with regional mentoring.
There is a ton of legal red tape in those suggestions, but the point is simple. It is not my fault or your fault. It is the fault of burning the candle at both ends in the sake of promotion and viability of the industry. We all need to look at where this is headed, and serve up a good cup of self serving survivorship. As they say a bad safety record is not good for business. It is not good for pilots, and it is not good for Joe Public. We need to return to self policing, mentoring and a logical and predictable flow to better paying jobs.

Lets worry about how when we finally quit pointing fingers and assigning blame. Lets just decide to take ownership of the issues and quit the finger pointing. Solve the problem.