Guys, WTF are you all talking about? It doesn't matter what you've done before you become a pilot! CC, butcher, student - who the **** cares. It's your skills what matters. And thank god, the most of them have the skills. It depends on each individual, nothing more, nothing less. Lately i had an excellent FO, just after his final release, he performed way better than some FO's with 2k hours. Your talks are nice, i get the point of both of you. But please calm down: we all learn every day, no matter how many hours we already have. Not to mention the complaints from young FO's about some experienced captains, who do a lot of bull**** as well. We all know about those guys, every airline has them. So please come back to what we all know best: be open minded, always ask yourself what you can do better, be able to improve yourself and help your collegue to improve. That's professional aviation in my opinion.