I've heard about the "discount" on command hours being proposed for the MPL as distinct from the ATPL!
As far as REX's current crop of Cadets go (around 48 I think), they have been trained and certified under the existing system (CPL-ME/IFR). I can see it now. CASA finally approves the MPL. All future cadets are trained in that system.
MPL Cadets advance to command. They cannot leave for a better position because their MPL is not transferable.
Existing cadets become permanent F/O's because the ATPL requires command hours well in excess of what their course has provided. They cannot leave because nobody at airline level will take them on as they cannot hold an ATPL.
End result: Captive workforce!
Absolutely evil, Absolutely brilliant!!!
Time to awake now LKH, CH, JD...... Wakey, wakey...