Hundreds of hours instructing in a 172 doesn’t help prepare to be an airline pilot, at all. Fully support Republic’s motion to create a reasonable exception to the ATP rule. By reasonable, I mean someone who has undergone training in a jet sim, brought into a mentorship situation under the tutelage of a check airman, etc… Current regional captains may not like the idea, which is likely related to the reality that they too are marginally competent because they hurriedly were flowed to the left seat - convinced that they were ready by their short-staffed company. Under the supervision of an experienced captain, an FO with 750 hours can be ready to do his/her job very competently.