Well I was there and can assure you it was more than BA and Emirates! Emirates is irrelevant anyway as they stipulate min 1000 hrs for SO.
Someone during the session asked one of the airlines, (though I can't remember which one) as to why. The reason given was that "in their experience" they do better on the type rating.
Send Clowns is correct that CitiExpress specifically stated that they have no preference. They were the only ones to say this, hence the queue to ingratiate oneself with this guy stretched back to the M4.
Funnily enough no airline said they prefer modular over integrated!!!
One of the surprises for me was Channel Express saying they wanted integrated. They are definitely on my list of would-like-to-work-fors, and so after discussing this point with them quite vigorously we established that my modular background would not necessarily discount me, but I may have to escort my CV personally around some of the defences when the time comes. I at least get to say "you said I could apply when we met the BEOC"!!!!
Notwithstanding the type rating comment above I suspect that rather than a reflection of the quality of pilot between mod/int it's just a way of keeping the tonnage of CVs down.
Damn. I've just got involved in a modular vs integrated thread..Arggh!