Try flying a Metro single pilot in bad weather from Brisbane to Bankstown, NDB let down to minimum get visual and land on a wet runway in a gusting crosswind. BK is not particularly long were Metros are concerned
On arrival you are informed that there has been a breakdown and you have to fly to Adelaide via Melbourne. Client wants the available payload now as freight has to meet connecting flights and what you can't take needs to go as well.
Get wx/notams, file flight plan by yourself in the middle of the night.
Depart for ML enroute, unforcast fog at destination. Just get visual, aircraft behind does missed approach and diverts.
Enroute to AD autopilot quits, spend the next hour hand flying and trying to stay awake. Luckily weather is good, arrive at 5.00am. Arrange maintenance and put the aircraft to bed. Get to sleep around 6.00am.
That's why they have minimums like these because of the situations you will find yourself in and the consequences of any mistakes. The operation is time critical and you have very little support.
BTW I know an A320 Captain with 3500 TOTAL time, he's a long way short of the 5000hrs required for a Bandit job in PNG with some of the operators up there.