Nicely put as always CC.
I'm not condoning it. But everyone whining about it should remember that they are lucky an airline will even look at low hours guys. Go to places like SA, Oz, NZ etc and try get a job on an airline with less than 5000 hours.
Eastern didn't used to do sim assessments, but have been burnt in the past by low houred guys. Just cos you have a CPL/IR doesn't entitle you to a job, or mean you will adjust to an airline operation well.