My drift is, and it's only my opinion I think for the foreseeable furture the likes of BA will recruit type rated guys as there is probably a lot of guys with type ratings either unemployed or in places they don't want to be i.e the Sandpit.
Once they have run out of these guys then chances are they will recruit non type rated guys and there will probably be a stipulation on so many hours on an aircraft greater then so many tonnes etc.