Maybe the point is too subtle to come over properly on a BB.
Nobody suggested the accident referred to in this thread was caused by inexperience. It probably had absolutely nothing whatever to do with the crews experience.
It simply seems odd that crews are being put in charge these days with such low hours. I didn't realise just how early you can get a command in the US.
If you think 1500TT is sufficient experience for command...then why not 1000TT? Or 900? Or 750?
If it's simply a matter of 'suitable training' and ability to pass a check ride then why not 350TT?
Thats what I started flying jets with (as an F/O) and I've never failed a checkride, so why not? Wheres the magic number below which you become unfit for command? Has the lower limit only ever been a fiction dictated by nothing more than the lengthy seniority ladders of the past?
I hope not.