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I'm quite sure that DESO and DEFO guys undergo stringent selection procedures as well, and are too removed from duty if they fail to perform. I also agree that both recruitment schemes have their respective benefits and flaws.
I was trying to suggest that the profile for a cadet pilot and a Direct Entry pilot are totally different, but that does not necessarily mean that one had an advantage over the other, which is what was suggested by another member of this forum. Successful cadets will have done in 100 weeks, what GA drivers will have taken twice that long to do... but in the end they are both just as capable of doing the same job. Again, I say this with all due respect to GA pilots.
Good luck to everyone applying for this program.