Boeing, they hired people with less than 1500 hrs > 27t, many ex SXS FOs, some only had 300 TT and now LFT Students will come directly on the 777 and 330 fleets as FOs.. the difference is these companies are all related
To be employed as an "external" candidate you will probably need the 1500 hrs I'm afraid. Although not relevant to you, The DGCA regulations I believe required non JAR licence holders to have 1500 TT minimum. On the other hand as there is no more JAR in UK you could also be a problem as THY know that the UK CAA does not accept the TRTO training, whereas the rest of Europe does until end 2013 Good old UK CAA again! There is a requirement to reduce foreign FO numbers to max 25% by July and 10% by end of the year, no restrictions for Captains at this time. Across the Companies there are over 200 Pilots in training and 600 plus sent CVs.