At first reading, this seems like a reasonable idea if properly executed. Getting young people into a structured, mentored, professional operation early on is a good way to get the experience some say is lacking in the pilot supply here in the USA...and plant the seeds of a professional mindset and behavior.
Being a CFI is valuable but so (or perhaps more so) is busting around at night in TP freight ops; it's real-world flying. The complexity of the airplane is secondary to the complexity of the operational environment as a whole.
These young folks need to be given every opportunity to grab beast by the horns and do the flying.
We'll see what happens.