as for me i was told on the phone that with 4.000 hours, lots of turbine and turbine pic ,i could not compete in the pool unless i had some jet time , ( early 40 ) .
a friend of mine with about 2500 hours and basically about 35 hours of multi non turbine got in , but then he is 25 .
I just keep trying but the older you get , without any jet time it will be a tought go, but nothing is impossible .....