Bruce,
They don't specify 500 hours jet time
OR 1000 t/p command time. It says...
either 500 jet hours or 1000 multi engine turbo prop hours in command of a multi crew operation
Maybe my highlighting confused you but that means either 500 hours jet command time
OR 1000 hours t/p command time.
I don't know who mike hammer works for but at my lot there are/were F/O's getting a command on the Q400 with 2000TT. So another year and a month on top of that and you have your 1000 hours command time, no bond and you didn't pay however many thousands of pounds to get a job. And I know Dragonair are not in the EU but I didn't say they were and nobody has really specified that have they?
I haven't destroyed the non P2F route in the slightest. I am merely pointing out that YOU DON'T HAVE TO PAY TO GET A FLYING JOB with useful hours.
Do you really think that someone with "500 hours P2F time" will be considered above someone who has flown and proved themselves in regional flying in Europe with over a 3000 hours and command time? The answer to that is a resounding no by the way.