Smokie ... that is indeed the way it works in most of the civilised world ... but not the UK for some reason. It's not like there is a pilot shortage, in fact even in normal recruitment times there are always a few high time (2,000+ hour) instructors knocking around, and a steady supply of multi-engine charter pilots with shed loads of time on high performance piston twin, who can't seem to raise any airline interest at all ... but the undeniable fact is that there are also seemingly hundreds of pilots out there who got their first job on heavy jet with 2 or 3 hundred hours total.
The logic of it escapes me entirely
