dhc8d- the issue is not TP pilots. It is low houred TP pilots. If they hire a TP captain with 5-6000 hours he would be the IDEAL candidate- in my opinion. He can fly, he can make decisions and has been flying in the wx, up and down for quite a few years. Again, imo only, I think he is a great candidate and better that the 2500 hour FO off a jet.
But that is NOT what they are looking at. They are looking at TP who barely have an ATPL. That is getting desperate.
The issue is always the LEVEL of experience.
Cadet pilots cannot even be compared because the amount of training and checking they go through is many orders above what the 1500 hour pilot with 200 hours on a TP has been through.