AH,
You miss the point. Companies can make these decisions but it is up to consumers as to whether they accept them.
Same issue re cadets. If consumers have a choice they should stand up and be counted as long as they are prepared to pay for the experience.
Where is JB with this, there is an obvious marketing point here....we only employ pilots with minimum 2000 hours and I reckon game could be over, right or wrong.
Differentiation from the competition.
Forget CASA because if they were interested, they would be in this debate already.