hmmmm bit over the top there remoak. Recently very low timers have been going to DASH 8s etc. and a few onto jets below 2000 hrs. Things have changed quite a bit here recently. Plus the days of employer paid endorsements have been gone almost as long in Europe as here in Australia. In fact the latest Easyjet cadet scheme is pretty shocking - see that thread. Now I hear of schemes to employ pilots for Northern summer months only!
BTW Captains on the 100 seat jet here at band camp are on $143K basic so with the difference in cost of living there is probably not much in it. There have been some sub 2 year upgrades to command as well.
I do wonder what happend to the heli student that ran up $184K in student loans!
