Anyone jumpseat on an RJ lately???
Surely you will see the need for at least the 1500 airline hours.... and not just a paper ATP with just "instruction given" PIC time on it...
How will a person get 1500 airline hours, if 1500 airline hours is required to hold the liscence to fly an airline? Or did you mean that the PIC should have at least 1500 airline hours?