Why are people getting so hot under the collar about this?
I would think that someone who joins as a DEP having had maybe 10 years and a few thousand hours elswhere in aviation should be entitled to have that experience recognised by the form of a third stripe.
Why should someone straight out of CAP509 with the ink scarcely dry on a frozen ATPL get snotty because he's only got two? Because all he needs to do to get one is manage to keep hidden for four years...