Exactly.
Get out in the real world, get the experience and move on to some solid multi command. Sure there are risks, both financial and even personnel. But we've all done it, and in much tougher times than now.
Every one of these "Cadet" schemes (with the exception of QF Mainline) will probably fall flat on their collective asses! They have been set up with the intention of making money. The problem is that the only solution will involve a substantial monetary investment by the operators. Something they appear to be pathologically opposed to!
With their heads buried so far up where the Sun don't shine, it will be a spectacular revelation for them when it all turns to crap!