The more sugestable people out their though can't be blamed when you have the apparently more desrable FTOs 'predicting' (said in the loosest sense of the word) that the need for pilots is going to be greater than ever into 2009/2010......Don't be an idiot and don't believe the crap. And as has been said, 500 hours on any airliner is going to make f all difference to your career unless you MAYBE want to earn £500 a month flying out in the middle of nowhere - not really a runner when you have £1200 a month after tax to service for 8 years.