Bosex
I have to disagree with your comment about FI's hours giving you "diddle advantage" in getting an airline job. My two friends, as previously mentioned, would not have got their jobs had it not been for their instructor time. Both airlines made it quite clear they needed 1000 hours total time, for insurance purposes. There was no other way they could have amassed those hours otherwise. The friend that you are referring to im afraid doesnt seem anything special, he obviously flies for BA connect or Cityexpress, not BA mainline. There are loads of low hour 200/250 hour guys that fly on the Dash.