I wasn't actually commenting on the requirements if they were suitable or not. Apart from the PIC time in MEP.
Just the fact that currently they really don't fit with either group of FI's. The ones that have moved to airlines or the ones instructing as a day job.
Nobody of my peer group bothered getting the applied instrument because it just wasn't worth the money for the amount of training you would get off it.
The old days people were forced into doing it to get the restriction removed.
As for the hard IFR hours in the poo. Yes real life experience will add to the capacity of the instructor. But then again real life adds to habits which may not be acceptable for tests.