The fact is that PL combines the goods and bads of both FW and RW. Either way, it's a transport category aircraft that reacts like an airplane while in cruise and it's total time.

Since I know some fling wing guys that have gotten on at airlines with minimal fixed wing experience, I don't imagine that PL time would necessarily be "less qualifying" as FW time, provided that you meet the same restrictions that RW pilots must meet. Since there are very few pilots flying PL in the grand scheme of things, I don't imagine that very many airlines have to deal with PL applicants very often.

I can't imagine a regional turning down a PL applicant that has 2000TT and 1700PL when they are hiring 600 TT folks.