Ok, I can't keep my mouth shut anymore. Before I say this, I want anyone who responds to this to know that:
-Yes, I am only in flight training.
-I acknowledge that I don't know exactly how the 121 world works, and there's only one way for me to learn.
-I have nothing but respect for the guys who already did it, everyone on furlough, everyone who's a CFI, and think that yes, they should get hired first.

Now.....what I gather from this thread is that if you have any desire to make it to anything ran by the numbers 1, 2, and 1, your "time" flying 172's and Seminoles is absolutely worthless, even as a CFI. To get hired by a 121 carrier of any kind, you need 121 experience, and to get 121 experience, you need to get hired by a 121 carrier, no exceptions. It almost seems that unless you already made it through a 121 training program, you have less than no chance at coming close to this scene. My little time flying "airplane" (172's) will do nothing more than allow me to be a career CFI, and take on all the disrespect that comes with it. How much of this is accurate? I have no intention to offend anyone here, I just want to know the facts.