'If you are an experienced captain' .....and just what if you are an experienced captain, out of work through no fault of your own, but just happen to have the 'wrong' type rating ie not Airbus or Boeing 73. What is he/she supposed to do.
If you've already got 7000hrs, 2000hrs P1 jet and 500 hrs on type (and the cash to spend on funding your type rating) you are easily suitably qualified to take the LHS, surely.