WestJet has hired everything from 777 Captains to VFR Twin Otter pilots and the common thread was the 5000, then 4000 hours, we have the 10% A##hole factor like any airline but for the most part everyone is really good to work with at the jobsite. Having said that I really hope they drop the minimums for one reason that no airline should ever think inside a box. How many have ever flown with a 2000 pilot who does a fantastic job compared with a 15,000 hour Hack? Its happened to me and that's why I have the opinion that hours are not revelent and WestJet has missed the boat many times over from such old school thinking.