300 to 400 hours could become a standard entry requirement for a person to be considered for a single engine driver job, with a charter operator in Northern and Western Australia.
The cadet schemes such as Rex and Jetstar have really stuffed everything up, as there's little movement in the top part of the General Aviation scale, where twin and turbine drivers use to naturally progress to the majors.
On the other side of the coin, people are continuing to get their CPL's around the country each week and month, like mushrooms popping out of the ground with no idea what to do next.
I reckon it's harder now to crack a job north than it's ever been.
Three to Five years ago, the afap site was flooded with job ads each month.
Until the US and Europe recover from their slow downs and airlines start ordering new aircraft in masses again, things in OZ aviation will just stay as they are.