sherry
Whats the problem?
In BA we put 250+ hour cadets straight into the RHS of HS Tridents/B737/A320/B757 from our Training College. After Base training they completed about 50 sectors under supervision, and then, for the first 6 months, were only rostered with experienced Capts.
These cadet pilots went onto be Captains, some who have now retired,all with an enviable safety record. Then we didn't have multi hour turbo-prop or ex military pilots to recruit.
It's the quality of the initial training that counts, not flying hours. The 1500hr FAA requirement is meaningless in this respect, when the hours could have been accrued in instructing in a C172!