quote: "A 300 hr pilot with an A320 rating is worth nothing, a 1000 pilot without a rating is worth more because he knows more."
correction: a friend has just got a job with a well known charter operation and paid for his own type rating (A320 etc.) with roughly the hours (300) as stated above - by my calculations he's now worth approx. 30-50k per annum - guess he turned out to be worth something after all !!