Raingauge
If a GA company requires so many hours on a certain aircraft type or minimum multi hours before you get a look in then what do you think of the bloke who pays thousands of dollars doing ICUS on bank runs so he can go back and get a "better" job flying twins? Get him out of the bush or out of singles by being pro active and improving his qualifications.
According to your ideas this person is doing nothing wrong by going out and by whatever means neccessary getting a minimum reuirement before landing a job, yet you say;
"I've never paid for ICUS and don't think much of pilots that do."
Universities in this country are going down the same track. If you can't get into a course through abilities then just fork out thousands of dollars to get in.
Do you think that there is anything wrong with that?