A joke yes, but it's not without precedent.
A million years ago there was a bottom-of-the-barrel 135 commuter outfit near my homedrome that had an ad in the paper for new FO's for their fleet of old worn-out Beech 99s. They had truly laughable mins for what they paid. 3000TT, 2000ME, 1000 PT6. or something similar. And a big ugly disclaimer in the ad about not bothering to apply unless you met their stringent minimum requirements.
A local CFI got her multi-engine ticket one week and was in their ground school the next.
That was almost 40 years ago.
Later on, I was a Captain for Brand X which folded. I found myself interviewing the next week at Brand Y where they proudly told me just how unqualified I was to fly their Shorts SD330. The only reason that I was there was because I was current in 135 ops as Captain in the NE. Yet, one of my classmates had remarkable non-credentials.
It's a funny industry.