"If they can go up on an FAA check and they can pass then they deserve that typerating"

A type rating means they are Captain qualified on the jet (a least it used to). Are RAA guys who get their type qualifed to be RJ Capts at 500 hours? Giving DC9 types to 300 hour CAPT students and RJ types to 500 hour RAA students makes a mockery of experience necessary to be PIC on a jet. It's a marketing ploy, nothing more.