Airbrake23,
I'm afraid you're not correct when you state that these 200 hr pilots only perform non-handling duties with their airlines. For many years, some of the most advanced airlines in the world have been training their own cadets and putting them into the RHS of a modern jet as co-pilots who are fully approved to do all handling and non-handling duties as soon as they have been line-checked. Think of companies such as virtually all the major Eurpoean ones, BA, Air France, Lufthansa, SAS etc plus all the LCCs such as Easyjet and Ryanair. None of them have had any problem with the level of experience - they just ensure that the new co-pilot is trained to the required standard and then he/she just gets on with the job of doing the 'real learning' on the line. Only in parts of Asia (large parts I'm afraid) and Africa is there a reluctance to do the same. In the USA and Australia, there tends to be a progression from air taxi, to freight to commuter to airline but even there Qantas has had 200 hr cadets for years. It's not unusual at all in the rest of the world. Strangely, these parts of the world also have the best accident rates.
However, I would caution any young person (and any parent who might have to finance it) considering the MPL route to be very very careful. The licence is NOT YET RECOGNISED by most countries and it may be extremely difficult to get a job unless one is sponsored by an airline with a 'job guarantee' at the end of the course. Also, the quality and reputation of both the flying school and the authority that approves it must be critically examined. Had Clark Aviation been around long enough for either of these criteria to be met? And why is a UK company setting up this new process in The Philippines? Why not under the auspices of the UK CAA (even if they wanted to take advantage of lower costs in Clark)?