Anyone remember a small Qantas group company (jet operator) that was wound up and what happened to its employees? Hello Southern. Pilots were not good enough for mainline but fine for Cathay and Dragon. Go figure. The biggest impediment to successfully applying to a Qantas group company is being in a Qantas group company. There are plenty of Qantas group trained pilots plying their trade in direct competition to their old alma mater. This situation looks like the first time that mainliners are going to be on the receiving end of the bastardisation that is policy at QF HQ. The only difference is they now have motivation and numbers to change the bastardisation policy for the better. The bigger question is do they have the leadership to make this happen.