Grunty is not joking unfortunately...
My case, 18000TT, 17000 Jet time, 3500 Jet PIC, all on 757/767, MD80, presently flying RHS on A320, and wanting to move back to LHS...
No way for a long time now, the 500 PIC time on type checkbox ticked is somehow mandatory... I didn't find any exception...
Happy landings all