Smoka - you got it in one. No mention of minimum hours, either. But the previous post with the 3150 hours is interesting also. What an odd number. Why not 3000, or 3500? Was this an example of a Company massaging figures to make the requirement fit the available experience on the day the OM amendment was written?
Minimum hours are as arbitrary as so many other numbers in aviation. For command, it's ability that counts. I have flown with 20,000 hour pilots who were useless to the point of being dangerous, and 2,000 hour pilots well and truly capable of command. So, pass those checkrides; keep your Company out of the newspapers, and wait your turn.