Don't believe what they advertise, its often just desired qualifications.

I don't think I ever met the hour requirement nor the "time in type" required for any of the 3 aviation jobs I have had.

Also, the last 3 pilots we hired - none had type ratings. The cost really isn't much of a concern in the big picture. As its been said a million times, hire the person not the rating. You really don't want to work for a place that thinks otherwise.

At the end of the day it's far more expensive to hire the wrong guy with a rating than it is to hire the right guy and send him to a $50,000 FSI class.