neville_nobody,
Both. People with the right experience are putting resumes in getting a call doing an interview reading the fine print and going no thanks. Which leaves the lower time guys to take the job.
To quote Anthill:
One bloke they took on the F100 as FO has 10,000+ hrs, mostly jet.
If ten thousand hours is low time, then not many people stand a chance at getting a job...
A lot of the F100 DEC have significant experience flying for large airlines across the globe, in aircraft from 737 to A330 and everything in between. They choose to take the job, among other things for lifestyle/family reasons. They are valuable additions to the company. All the latest FO's bar one have previous jet experience.
A lot of people on here and in particular, this thread, tend to contribute a lot of inaccurate and baseless s%&t. If you think this is helping people who are genuinely interested in applying for a position at a company such as Network, you are not. Unless you have something useful to offer, keep ya traps shut.
Yes, Network has seen a lot of growth over the past 10 months and there is still a steady stream of employment (not the "desperate for anyone" type as other posters suggest) across the entire company, but it won't last forever. So if the job appeals to you, and you meet the minimum requirements then do the research, do the study and stick your app in.