Whats not normal about that. 200hr pilots in the UK are in the right seat of 737 and bigger!
Whats not normal is that flying a Dash in and out of non radar, uncontrolled ports, is a hell of lot different to being spoon fed whilst flying into controlled ports with radar coverage.
Sure, cadets can do it, BUT it is not AS safe, AND we don't have to do it.
There must be 50 Metro's flying around Oz today, and at least half the crew in them would be more than suitable for an Airline seat, not to mention the crews in similar machines plying our skys today. AND here we are argueing that Cadets are suitable - what a friggin laugh.