so maybe there is a chance for the rex cadets in a few years time once the hours and experience have been acquired?!?
Maybe.
However there is something to be said for the pilot who has been out there making command decisions without the reliance on someone else to help make those decisions.
I think pilots that have gone directly into the RHS without getting the chance to make their own decisions as a CPL have missed out on an important part of their development as a pilot. I believe this is why there is the stipulated P in C time for an ATPL.