Dare I say, I think 1000 turbine PIC or better will be competitive when hiring picks up again.

I somewhat disagree, the 1000TPIC might be the bare minimum to get looked at, but with the amount of furloughed and laid-off pilots on the street with thousands of hours of TPIC time, it'll be some time before airline will take guys with just a 1000TPIC or less or even none.

How many times have you heard a guy say "I would only leave for UPS, FedEx, or SWA"? How many are those three going to really hire in the future?

True, but I think it is going to be quite some time before these airlines start hiring again. For one, some of them still have pilots in a hiring pool.

Lots of pilots were getting called or hired by the majors in 2007 with less than 1000 turbine PIC despite everyone right after 9/11 saying that it would be ultra competitive.

Yup, but a lot of those folks are also furloughed now. I know a few guys that went to Spirit with no TPIC time.