First and foremost, we have to get rid of the term "qualified" in this discussion, and adopt what European pilots associations all over are using instead; that is "qualifiable"...
A qualified pilot will have what is required by a prospective employer, i-e a type rating in hand...
A qualifiable pilot will have what it takes for said employer to qualify the pilot on the type operated, at employer's expense as should be.
My $0.02...