@happy flying boy kurimaw
from what we're told, the MPL will get us all the way to ATPL instead of going through PPL and CPL. it's under aviation law that no one sits in the left hand side without an ATPL.
the MPL will train us enough to sit on the co-pilot's seat. so based on what you're saying, you just stated the obvious that captains are more experienced than brand new second officers that are rated to fly as co-pilot
i don't know if you have pilot friends or family members, but if you've been around a few... they'd tell you that the actual flying of a modern commercial aircraft (yes, how to fly it) is simple once one gets the hang of things. even though one has to understand the basics of flying without automated systems or fly-by-wire using a light aircraft (the ATO would admit they wished the MPL had a few more solo flight hours)... it's the signs of the times, more planes are being produced than people that can fly them.
the experience part is found in the other aspects of operating an aircraft: understanding human performance in a pressurized environment and crew resource management. apart from the ones instructing the Cebu Pacific pilots on recurrent training in the simulator, CIA has a complete staff of technicians and engineers ready to assist anyone who'll use the sim.
you're worried about pages? 1200 pages isn't even half of all Harry Potter books than can be read in a couple of months. i've been in CIA for almost 4 months and we've browed through our manuals and comp based training (which has the same content, but has animations), surely 1200+ pages in a year is manageable (heck, groundschool practically locks cadets in classrooms from 8-5 excluding lunch).