I'll beg to differ young man.
You confuse their politeness with their observance of set minima which have been drastically reduced from previous values, which were previously substantially more than "the 2000hr mark." They're not going to consider you to fly one of their shiny widebodies with " a couple hundred jet hours away from the 2000hr mark," but yes, I do believe their desperation is tangible and you will hear from them as soon as you reach that mark.
This, in itself, is a major shift in their previous standards, together with the new policy of paying for potential employees to travel to Dubai together with their recent policy of hitting the road to come and see you.
The only thing that's not clear is how long it's going to take them to realize the plug's been taken out the bath and for them to substantially improve the lot of their current employees, which would significantly improve their ability to be able to maintain the required crew strengths.
This level of politeness is born in their desperation to satisfy their demand. I would hope that this would soon lead to an increased respect of their current crews through tangible improvements in their conditions and terms of service.
Wishful thinking? I really don't think so. They're desperate.
4HP