In the past they only issued a DHC-8 COPILOT endorsement. Not sure what the guys pay for now, hopefully COMMAND.
John Citizen beat me to it, the 'ICUS thing' could be an issue and it will be interesting to see how they get around it.
Lowering the experience level is not the answer when there are heaps of potential pilots who have been put off by the BYO endorement and QF psychometric and skills, think how insulting this must be for them.
I'm not going to bet my nuts this time but I reckon 'open day' sessions in the traditional hotspots for pilot talent would be the go(north west WA, NT, FNQ etc.). Go to the action, if only the management realised how tricky it is for a working pilot to get to the east coast for the current process. Considering tourist season is about to crank up, looks like QantasLink is going to miss out on a stack of good pilots, bummer.