I would be very keen to know if this is the case since having between 1500 and 2000, I am just about to start the long haul of all the exams.
Being a FJ mate these days you do not acrue the hours, as you once did when BEagle and others set up the excellent scheme with the CAA.
Certainly if you read LASORS 2007 the 2000 hours still stand.
Cheers