I think I know Bokkerijder is frustated for two reasons:
1 He did not pass the selection at the NLS (FACT)
2 He did his training prob. in the US and in the end paid a lot more than he would have paid at the NLS.
Furthermore, I think people are taking it the other way around. The first question among low-timers is always, 'how many hours have you got?' When I was a lowtimer with 190 hrs there were a lot of 'free-market guys' looking down on me because of their 1000 hours Metro/King-Air/Beech, etc.
The thing we are talking about is merely a behaviour initiated by guys who did their training in the US.
So, Bokkerijder, please grow up, I'll take it(your profile) you have a job now with Crossair, enjoy it.