That's not quite true; I know three former regional pilots who were hired at a 135 turboprop/jet operator in my area. I was offered a light jet PIC position with a 135 operator when I was a CRJ FO @ AWAC, although that was early 2007. Also, don't forget that NetJets, CitationShares, Flexjet, Flight Options and Avantair all hired pilots just a couple short years ago from regional airlines with exactly *zero* previous bizav experience - and some weren't even captains at their regional.