Wow. Tell ya what. Why don't you go ahead and read the posts in this thread and then make that comment. Did we "need" 40 hours of OE? No. I was good to go after the first trip according to my CA. However, the person doing the training scheduling gave me 2 4-day trips before I had even begun OE. With overages that worked out to 44 hours.

Also, anyone who thinks they "have it" after just 20-50 hours in an airline environment really doesn't "have it". You "have it" after 500+ hours of working in all types of weather with all kinds of crews. OE is like the private license - a license to learn.