It's true that in the US we have a lot more equal system...anyone can get a CFI (many schools will pay for the CFI license)...and anyone can get a job flight instructing...and anyone can get a job at a regional after that, flying a jet in most cases (not too many tprops left out there).
It's so funny it was the Euro authorities who grounded a US flightcrew in Germany because we used to not require the FO to have a type...only company FO training...so then the ICAO forced the US to start issuing "SIC type ratings" to our FOs...funny thing is there isn't a single FO on anything bigger than a CRJ/ERJ that doesn't have well over 1500 hours and 1000 hours PIC jet time. And the EU has countless 200 hour cadets flying 737s and A320s....I understand your training is more rigorous, but at least over here you can't buy a job on a 737 or A320 just b/c dad has $$$.