Err, Bloggs,
The licence was created over the last ten years by those no GA, bush flying hating, don't bother with the hard yards, ummm South Africans actually.
Not Boeing
Bugger
Meanwhile the softies in Europe have been using cadets for over 50 years.
That's right - more than 50 years. Check on the histories of BA's Hamble, Air France and Lufty. The cadets not only survived but reached retirement. Collectively just these cadets totally dwarf the numbers of every Oz jet rated jockey who's ever flown.
It's different, that's all, just different and it works on a scale you guys don't seem able to imagine.
America doesn't need the licence. They can use their system to hoover up anyone into their regionals at 230 hours. Those as long in the tooth as me will remember the height of the Viet Nam period when the American mags had ads for
PPL's to join no hoper shonks like Pan Am, TWA, United and American. Loads of stuff on line now so easy enough to check out the 1967/68 period.
I think they called them cadets.
There's a lot of conditioning gone on in your local market. And a lot of self serving justification.
Rob