I agree.
To me it would seem that the cadets going through this scheme thought they were stealing a march on everybody else.
Sadly it has back fired on them.
Its okay if you want to spend the rest of your working career flying 737's for the same airline.
Not the best thoughtout plan by these cadets and very underhand by the airlines and regulatory bodies.
There should be one standard of pilot all doing the same training route, not people missing out large chunks and then reducing the wages / bargaining power for the rest of us.