What's scarier? The regional airline that hires a 500 hr pilot to fly an RJ? Or the legacy that hires sons/daughters/interns pilots with 2000 hrs, never been a Captain, and can hold widebody CA at 5 years? As you say.

Neither one scares me. 1500 hour jet captains, while it doesn't scare me does cause concern. THAT'S what you should be worried about.

Tom

Why should I be worried about that?

Until the merger/downturn/oil crisis/9-11. Then it all comes to a halt.;)

Or age 65 passes.

9 Years to hold 756 CA does not make you a wide body captain. It makes you a junior CA on reserve flying the 757 to Dublin/Shannon (Shublin). Only the top 20% of 756 CA's get to fly the 767. That will change for the worse when the 767-200's start leaving.

Just for what it's worth. I was hired with 2000 hours, not a son, intern, etc. and will probably be a widebody captain at 5 years. I can promise you I am more than qualified. Not just the time, it's the type of time a person has.

Why worry about that brother....nothing you can do but play todays rules.

See above.

I agree completely. I am one who has very advanced flight time compared to the amount of TT I have. Sure I was hired at a regional with just under 700 TT, but over half of that was multi and almost one third was turbine (mostly jet... I had a really good internship). I had great frustration when I was denied jobs because someone with 1000 hours in a 152 (in the right seat) was somehow more qualified to fly a jet than I was. Call me young and naive, but I don't see how flying another 300hrs in the pattern in a 152 could have possibly made me a more qualified pilot.

Please be nice... This could just be my youth and in-experience talking.