Hey man, I'm not knocking your thought process - but you're thought process is out of date as much as we all hate to say it. You almost suggest that people paying for their type rating are off the street, and haven't studied ATPL's along with completing a CPL, IR and a MCC.
Why does your KingAir experience automatically help you fly a 737? A 200 fresh CPL IR holder is just as likely to succeed during a type rating than you with your 2500 KingAir experience. Proven, whether you like it not by the fact it currently happens.
Remind me how many total haul losses that Easy or RYR has ever had due to lack of pilot competence and/or experience? Answer none! System works fine, just a shame its an employers market and not employees market right now. For you to say you are better because you have some KingAir experience simply isn't true.
'It is not the god given right of bean counters to decide who flies and who does not.' If by bean counters you mean the those working within the airlines, then yes it is ENTIRELY up to them who can apply and who cannot.