I started rescently and the courses before me were cadets, I was told when a cadet course graduates they get preference over direct entry. My course had 8 Ansett, 1 Impulse and 1 G.A.
Of the Ansett guys, 2 were ex Ansett Cadets. The Aug 1 course is 767 I am told. It is very compedative with all the Ansett guys out there. I was told by someone in recruiting that of the 850 Ansett pilots, 650 applied to Qantas, and they still hire from G.A.
B.T.W the youngest on course is 24 from G.A. the oldest is 41 from Ansett.