WannabeQF,
IMO, you have no f
ing idea what you are talking about.
You, and others of your thinking, are the "i want it all now" generation and have now clue of what "paying your dues" really gives you with regards to gained flying experience and gained respect.
I would not trade my 1600 hours in GA charter, often in clapped out machines, for going straight into multi crew RPT ops in a "shinny new jet".
I sit next to far too many pilots who are nationals and ex-cadets who fly by the rote-learned numbers and have no stories to tell other than the latest political gossip of the airline.
Harsh.......yes, but so is the world.
FO COKE