I tried to argue the point about experienced GA pilots being better than novice cadet pilots on the 'passengers and slf' section of the forums. Most of the respondants seemed to be European based but they were overwhelmingly convinced and argued that a trainee cadet pilot sitting in as FO was as good as a GA pilot with hundreds of hours in his logbook.
Despite the thread only running 3 days and me being able to counter every argument that they put forward, the thread was closed by the moderator.
I am now starting to think that we in Oz might be pushing sh*t uphill and cadet pilots in the RHS are the way of the future.