Ok, that’s what I thought. But don’t give up on the top tier jobs. There’s still a lot of hiring ahead of us. What a lot of airlines like to see is jet PIC time, at least 500 hours, better yet 1000 hours. Then of course assignments like being a check airman, sim instructor or some kind of chief pilot position. The LCCs hire from a very wide background, so I can imagine your husband might have a shot there too. Unfortunately I don’t remember his total time, so that may be a problem. Another plus applying from a well known regional is that HR has an idea where you’re coming from. If you apply from a foreign carrier chances are nobody knows anything about them. So it might be a good thing to get some 121 time in the Regionals, increasing his total time and upgrading as soon as possible, maybe even taking a position in the trainings department.