A friendly word of advice, these days there are more pilots than jobs. When you see a position advertised with firmly stated minimus, do the poor guy a favour and do not apply if you do not meet those minimums. It is highly unlikely that the person having to review the huge amount of applications has the authority to change it so it will just be deleted and you (and all the others) have only wasted their time. There is no doubt that there will be many who exceed the minimum requirements by far so you really have no chance. In some cases I receive multiple applications from the same source when the qualifications are hardly enough to be a AFI. I feel for you all, we have all been there but these are cold hard facts, insurance companies are only interested in numbers, if you need a type rating, thats it, minimum hours are just that and you will not endear yourself to anyone by making them wade through a bunch of irrelevant applictions.
Having said that, very best of luck to you all.
