I think you'll find there is not so much "bashing" of the Academy, more the student loan system. Certainly no jealousy here of this institutionalised method of training, but each to their own. If all they want is RHS with Qantas then that's fine so long as there is full disclosure of their chances.
Dre you seem very sure so please back up what you are saying, asking for some numbers isn't "hateful comments". This isn't personal. I'm still waiting for some stats and I'm sure any wannabees reading this would like to see that too. So far I see words like "Majority, pretty thorough, around, higher, mostly, a lot" etc. Surely results are published somewhere for the sake of transparency?
There are some reliable career paths in GA, so long as the CPLs are trained for GA they can succeed, it is not a random gamble at all. They can then move into the airlines with an ATPL when they are ready, if that is what they want - many don't want that lifestyle.
However if someone has trained at the academy and are not one of the chosen ones then they wouldn't be able to move into GA without extra training and getting the minimum command hours needed for single pilot commercial ops. So what happens to them?