The numbers are in the first post of this thread.

When I was hired 3 years ago it was 1500 total time. I don't remember the M/E requirement. Most of the people in my class had had previous 121 experience. That fact that they are setting mins this low means that they are really scraping the bottom of the barrel now for applicants.

The real shortage isn't here yet. But it's coming and this is evidence of that shortage.