FYI
I had over 7000 hours when I was hired as an SO over 4 years ago and that was about the norm, DEFO guys were mostly ex TWA Capts and F/O's, etc with thousands of hours of heavy jet time. It might be heading back that way again, just change the name of the fourloughed airline.
And actually DESO pay is equal to or better than DEFO pay, as DESO's are HK based and get a 13th month pay(we'll see about this year) and housing allowance. not to mention they get a lot more days off than DEFO's.