Yer Wantok their requirements are 4000 TT. Sad thing is there are quite a large number of very experienced PNG based pilots with around 3000 hours + who's applications just get placed into the round filing cabinet on the 4th floor.
Also the latest rumour going around the place is that the company is looking at replacing all the existing Dash 8's with brand new ATR's. I believe that Bombardier aren't going to continue to support the 100/200/300's with spares.