Pootang, yeah sure.....1000hrs eh? Try looking at other places around the world 2000-3000hrs before you even sniff the hint of kerosene. However having said that I know PLENTY of guys who have had the big call with under 1000 hrs...and better yet a few with around 750hrs, so it can and is being done.
Yes, personally I do blame them, they been sucked into the "zero to hero" dream by FTO's...but its a free country isnt it? they are free to ruin the T & C's of all those that have worked bloody hard to get to where we are.
From my perspective if I ever reach a position of responsibility Im going to positively descriminate in favour of the guys/gal's that have done it the traditional way...because it shows more about an individuals character that they can come through adversity, rather than how much the bank will lend them/daddy has in his holding accounts.