Well it does and doesn't solve their problem Framer. Look after those you employ from day one and that experience stays. They don't head off to OZ, Europe or the sandpit, or even worse they leave the group to go to the other NZ operators (worse because they lose experience they effectively paid for to the competition).
Eagle is a good training ground where low hour GA guys and girls can start and get a solid fountain before moving through the other regionals and on to the back seat of a heavy.
The UE requirement is simply an HR tool to weed people out, problem is a lot of those people are significantly more competent than those who do have UE. So you might see where I'm going with this, fixed the flawed application and interview process and you get more people through the doors. It all starts at the ground level.