Tourist - there is no minimum you can set on experience, especially when flying a plane, the experience is crucial. What's even more important is training, we have pilots turning off wrong engines (after failing check rides) on takeoff emergency, and others who (even in the US), didn't turn their anti-ice on early enough.
It's these minute differences that experience connects. Yes your work environment (i.e. airline conditions) play a huge role in your ability.
To stay on topic, i commend all you Emirates pilot for making the airline one of the safest, which should be the goal of any pilot, lets hope the training of less experience continues this, and once again don't think every pilot coming out of training has 1501 hrs... !