Originally Posted by Learjet-45
P2F does seriously suck, but how else are you supposed to meet the criteria of an airline?
one of the big questions of newly qualified pilots when they are turned away by the airlines is how to I meet the minima?
Has it not occurred that when airlines set a minimum on type requirement they do not want a newly qualified pilot? If they did want a newly qualified pilot, they'd set up a SSTR or enter into an agreement with an FTO to take on their graduates. Some may even still bond for a TR.
The reason they do it is because they know that there are experienced job-hunting pilots out there who will apply. It isn't to feed the P2F frenzy. People like you have misread the situation and thought that this is the case. They then proceed to try and jump the queue by buying experience, usually at an airline that is notorious for below-the-norm standards.
It is simple supply and demand. There are experienced pilots on the market due to the lack of economic prosperity. If airlines were expanding like they were 6 or so years ago, they'd be taking on newly qualified people as that pool wouldn't exist as less airlines would be going out of business.
Just because you are qualified does not mean you are owed a job. This is true in every single sector out there.