Hi Aadin,
Yes of course a 200hr can junp directly on a 22 tonnes airplanes or on the RHS of a 737 or A320. Same as when you get your driving licence your first car can be a Ferrari too. It's acceptable but is it really the best option when mk have the opportunity to get lots of pilots with decent experience? Not saying all low hours pilots can't fly. But come on, it makes more sense for an airline to employ experienced pilots vs a fresh CPL. There is no comparison between a 1500hr pilot and a 200hr pilot. Most of the airlines takes fresh CPL cause they have pressure from the governement to employ the locals. 99% of the airlines want pilots with hours. It's safer and cheaper on Insurance. Mk had a lots of issues with the low hours pilots on the ATR. Even tho, MK employed again 4 fresh CPL and send them in South Africa for extra massive training which cost the company a fortune. It's just very sad considering there are plenty of mauritian pilots already with loads of hours and some of them on even on ATR..
I do agree with you that the experienced pilots should not be overlooked but don't forget that those pilots with experience were once low time pilots fresh CPLs out of flight school and someone employed them to fly airplanes before they got that experience. I know there are other ways to get that experience apart from the airline but not every country is that way. There are countries where there are little or no flight schools for fresh CPLs to do some instructing and build hours. There are countries that don't do the bush pilot flying done in countries like Botwana.