It isn't sour grapes, it is the fact that my wife and kids are at some point going to flying on these Airliners, so I would like the people up front to be more experienced than myself.
"One thing I can certainly say is I've never heard anyone with extensive flight training knowledge or industry background knock or speak ill of going from flight school straight onto a jet."
How about the entire FAA, they introduced the 1500 hour rule to stop that happening.