I agree that hours to unlock the ATPL are needed but so is security in our chosen career.
Freight operations are the most secure jobs in the industry, and a regular pay check can out weigh the hours building.
How often in your career have you worried about your job security and when if your next pay check will appear.
in the 30+ years that I have had in the industry there have been several such days and 4 redundancies.
Both DHL Air and EAT have a positive attitude towards low hour pilots and try to give them as much work as possible so that the ATPL can be unfrozen in a reasonable time.
Hours are not as important in the freight industry as one might imagine, this is because the sector lengths are generally short and there are more take off's and landings achieved and hence more experience obtained than by sitting for long hours in the cruise to the Canaries or Greek Islands, Transatlantic etc.
I would suggest that the type of flying gives a broader experience in a shorter time than on Charter Ops, which is of more value to a future employer than hours spent sitting in the cruise.
The fact that Rob may have many hours on the 757 is not a factor here its his attitude that needs an adjustment.
And he should engage brain before putting pen to paper (fingers to keyboard) here where his position at pprune would usually add weight to his credability, and the remarks taken to heart by those starting out in the industry.
This is after all a Rumour Network and should NOT be taken seriously.