I think one of the problems that has set in, is the extortionate price for type ratings! It is a huge racket! Come on, 15,000 for recurrent on a medium jet???
But we all get those nice manuals, coffee, couches, and a friggin sim that costs as much as the aircraft! Really? For a week????
And because this has become such a huge out-lay, then this problem of finding typed / current pilot has made this artificial market where being current outweighs most other factors . . . And has made companies and airmen alike act as they might not otherwise have.