Fail to see that there is not enough experience amongst the current EJET/Boeing FO community to fill these positions??
intelligentpilot - regardless of your petty justifications - one year flying over there = 4 years flying over here...
In other words, you are yet to fly into the side of a mountain?
If true - it's just another attempt by a desperate bunch of short sighted accountants, trying to ensure their bonuses.
As for the recruiting 'experience' s#!t - what a load of bollocks - there's not a
VB 737/EMB FO that I wouldn't trust to make a 'command' decision with the lives of those I care about most - and have done for many years now.
Insult the FO, insult the man (or woman) who signed them off - disagree? Grow some 'macadamia cookies' and stop being so desperate!!!