The reason we can't have the 1500 hour minimum for pay-to-fly here in the UK, is where will wannabes get these 1500 hours from?
Well probably the same place that they used to get them previously.
GA, instructing, airwork, para dropping, charter, etc. Getting lots of exposure to all sides of aviation before getting into that 737.
I for one just don't understand why anyone would want to go from flight school straight into an airliner. Where is the grounding?
Besides which, a few years down the road boredom sets in before your 30th birthday.
Aviation has changed so very much the last few years and it's difficult to see any of it for the better!