gums and I are about the same age so flew with seasoned pilots, not 300 hr wonders. I flew with a few that had ins when I was a brand new 737 captain and it was single pilot. I don't think anything has changed.
We are now in a new generation of automation so to get cheap help the start up and regionals are hiring them. The majors, thank god, are not yet. Eventually they will be good pilots but not in the beginning. The captain will have to help and if they came from this same group we are in trouble. They don't have the experience required to fly single pilot with the new guy occupying a seat like I did. He could not copy a clearance, fly or talk on the radio. One of our check airmen got him in and expected us to teach him how to fly an airliner as brand new captains on a new airplane. That is not right. I flew charter and corporate before so could do both jobs but these guys can't, trust me.