Playing devil's advocate for a second;
Given that there are many in a similar position to dn-w, with type ratings, turbine commands, and thousands of hours - pretty much all job advertisements could state a requirement for 5,000 hours, and be filled many times over, could they not?
So, my question is: does anyone think that GoJet, Lakes, Compass et al are actually after people with the lower times they quote - eg 500 at GoJet, 750 at Lakes, because they have low-houred pilots by the sack, wereas they may view those with far higher experience as 'over-qualified', and deem them unsuitable, because they may move on very quickly. In the same way as someone who has a masters applying for a position which requires a 2 year degree would most likely be turned down for a similar reason.
All just conjecture, of course, and isn't necessarily my opinion, just a different take on things, does anyone else see any validity in the idea?