Well said SAS, however....
It must have started somewhere that with a CPL IR, you are *entitled* for a jet job with 200 hours TT.
I agree the low hour guys may have no choice...or do they?
Well, simply put, and not frustrated a bit, I started towing gliders in a flying club, then crop-spraying banana plantations in Africa, later fly a C402 and BN2 Islander, and so on... today on the 320, and when I look back, there is not one step of my aviation career I regret. I just felt I needed to wait for my turn to fly the big jets, and whatever experience I was gaining in the meantime was valuable, even if that wasn't the fancy jet people talked and dreamed about.
I know it's a bit off subject, but maybe the industry has a part to play in making the newbies believe that they should be flying a Boeing or Airbus right out of flying school.
It's also about greed for the title, position, and ego, that many have paid for flying the big birds. I don't think anyone can blame them for it, rather the companies offering that scheme that leads to such debacle.
My CPL Multi IR cost me less than 10000 USD, that was 15 years ago...in a charter company in Florida. I guess today it looks kinda indecent to pay so little... maybe the other myth building is that the more you pay for your training, the better you knowledge and skills...not mentioning the vultures in flying schools "promising" an interview with an airline...it all seems so easy, just swipe daddy's credit card here, and you career is on the way!
Reminder: not directed at those who pay for their training, rating, etc, but the pirates who make a living off people living their passion.
Flex