Probably the reason why major airlines (QF also??) are looking to amend their manuals, in the near future cadets straight out of school into the LHS of a RPT jet, the psycho says they'll be fine so why not??
Experience is so old school and passe!
Now run the same argument but replace Captain with the word CEO/CFO/ General Manager and watch the pushback that starts up. The same people who say someone can be a airline captain with no experience will never say that a top uni graduate could be in senior management. Alan Joyce was only recently justifying pay rises for management in the midst of another billion dollar loss to maintain experience. But don't worry a guy who could kill 500 people and destroy the entire company doesn't need any.