It is possible to get a jet job as a modular fATPL without thousands of hours, though the opportunities are few and far between. Many of the light twin jobs, which are more of the market for modular, require much more experience than for the jets. It helps to works for these companys in another role beforehand.
The integrated schools are so dominant in recruitment, partly because they now have their own 'Old Boys' network, and have created a situation where everyone thinks you have to take out expensive integrated training with a couple of schoools to get a job. Boycott the integrated money making schemes, and the recruitment situation for modular will improve - but try telling that to little Johnny, who has just been to an open day and been sold the dream...