Yeah, that is about right:
For many, many years Evergreen had a minimum requirement of 4000 hours, and a type rating.
When I got hired, I was the only guy in class with no jet time, but I had 5200 hours and one type rating..(DC-3)
Good company and good job back then 18 years ago.
It went downhill a bit when they hired Eastern scabs in the early 90s.
We went from being a "clean" airline to a "scab" airline.
It makes a difference if ya are looking yerself in the mirror every morning.