Wheels up
Interesting points that you bring up, some of which I stronly agree to. However, consider that some of the country's scheduled airlines, according to rumour, would give a 200hr pilot a job if they paid for their rating - I have even heard that some of the no frills airlines in the US and the UK do it too. So if they do that in a large aircraft, and they think they have their training down to a tee, why not in a Metro? Just a thought, not a counterargument.
S