Defies all logic why they pulled the plug on the cadet scheme in many ways, however it’s their train set. Given the fact that PNG currently (and never has) have no flying school or military establishment that can produce pilots to meet the needs of any Part 121 airline.
Having trained quit a few cadets during my time with PX, I must admit that most of them were pretty sharp albeit with only a few hundred hours flying around in some of the most challenging environments in the world in a Dash 8 as a FO.
Really defies all logic, but what would I know.