ADF & REX (ignore the garbage bonfire commonly referred to as (Qantas Pilot Academy)) are the first choice for many aspiring pilots especially those fresh out of their high schooling years. With that high volume of applicants you can expect that only the creme-de-la-creme REX picks to join the program, from a very very large pool of applicants. All the applicants are ranked based on a number of different aspects before the initial interviews are even held, so with hundreds of applicants fighting over 8-12 positions you can see where it becomes a matter of a lot of disappointed applicants.