Add up your sim hours, you can use up to 100 sim hours to make up the 2000. The 1500 PIC has to be just that though. 2 years is plenty of time to get the bridging package done. In reality it is 8 to 10 months hard work. My advice would be if you have the chance then crack it before the system changes. Better the devil you know and all that.
Good Luck.
