Well, you are correct, but you misconstrue the facts.

You state the hours of both pilots at the time of the fatal crash.

I argue that working as an airline pilot is NOT the way we want our pilots to build experience.

At the time the FO was "hired", she would have been under-qualified for an ATP license because she didn't meet the 1500 hour requirement (1470 hours), thus she would have never been hired.

As for the CA, the report is vague, but from my interpretation of the report, he was a Gulfstream Academy guy with only 618 hours when he was hired by Colgan. Thus, he would have never been hired by Colgan if the ATP had been a requirement at the time he was hired (2005).

Some may argue that is a moot point since they both could have held an ATP license at the time of the incident, however I feel that our airline pilots need to build experience elsewhere before flying around tons of passengers.