The comparison with the FAA market is interesting, and worthy of deeper evaluation.
It is common for JAA/EASA pilots to obtain a multi-crew job on graduation form a flight school, with maybe 200 hours or so under their belts.
Typically an FAA licenced pilot will not get an airline job until they have amassed at least 1500 hours.
There are many other differences between the systems. For example, the theoretical knowledge requirements under the FAA are lightweight in comparison with EASA.
Neither system results in a higher accident rate than the other, so arguably neither is better than the other; they are just different.
What is important to understand, however, is that each is a total system. It is not wise or indeed possible to cherry-pick from either. If you don't like the regulatory requirements, don't apply for the licence. If you want the licence, stop trying to battle the system, and do what it takes to get one.
Final word from an old sod. It worries me when aspiring pilots seem most interested in following the path of least resistance. If aviation is your passion, why don't you want to learn all their is to know about it? Why are you spending all your time and energy in looking for short-cuts? Aviation training has no equivalent to the X-factor. Ultimately, those who have put the time, money and effort into their apprenticeship make the best (and safest) pilots.
It can be quick, good and inexpensive, but not all three at once.