What I can tell u is that "experienced" when I was for the assestment centre meant that all the people I spoke with, had more tham 6000 hrs in line ops, with some thousands of hrs on the bus minimum, all very experienced, also some cpt willing to come back to eu on the right seat.
They only know the real numbers, and the can do what they want, probably when they reach the target they dismiss all athers in the same category. It's a pitty I know but the first thing they told us, was that the number of application was MASSIVE, and with this number i can immagine that they have the option to choose.