Hours is a measure to a point but becomes meaningless after a while. You become experienced, more experienced, even more experienced and then just start to get old. Doesn't life suck.
Has a guy with 8000 hours seen half the things that a guy with 16000 hours has? Probably not, he's just seen the same things 100 or 200 times rather than 400 times and is half as likely to be stuck in his ways.
Has a 12,000 hour 146 day VFR Captain from Oz more relevant experience than a SAS First Officer with 4,000 hours operating in and out of high terrain fields in crappy weather in Scandanavia. Probably not.
So don't look at hours in isolation, think about the quality of those hours and what they would be worth to an employer. Type familiar has to help, command time yeah, training background you bet, jet yep, how long ago did you apply and how persistent have you been....etc etc etc
Why should a 15,000 hour guy that has been in the pool for 2 months get a leg up on someone that has 6,000 and has been there for 4 years?
Hours Schmours, remember everyone looks great on paper!! Have patience and stay positive.
Ghost