I know a QF cadet (now an FO in mainline) who said to me - "If I didn't get the cadetship, I would have gone to university and studied Engineering".... So I asked him "You wouldn't go and get your licence and climb through G.A,".... To my offense he replied "No way, I don't want to fly those little planes in that crappy industry".
And some people wonder why cadet bashing is so prevalent on these forums.