They're not taking 200 hour FO's in preference to experienced people, they're aiming for a mixture of low houred and experienced plus some ex-military. And I think they have an agreement with Oxford to take a few of their guys each year.
Penworth, since you seem to have access to very reliable information (DFO...) do you mind to clarify once for good what Jet2 HR mean for experienced-non TR, low-hour, etc.etc?
It's clear to me that if you have a B737 TR you are almost what they are looking for, take or leave the a/c variant. But where do they make the cut between an experienced-no TR (i.e. A320 guys
vs. DHC8 TP
vs. anyone with > 1500TT, 1000 light TP, commercial experience...etc,etc) and a low-hrs? No need to state what a 200TT is, though.
Best luck to everyone.