rob, excellent post.
scroggs :
are wannabes with 200h unqualified to fly a jet ? many ab-initio in many major european airlines flew with that kind of time in boom years. this is not to say that experience does not count
that some of them cant land a jet straigtht in cavok does not seem to bother anyone
airlines are just like your regular corner shop
RAF bomber pilots in WWII were end of duty on lancs after 500h.
I am speaking about heavy bombers in real combat conditions