Running a cadet program involving ab initio training isn't cheap, of course, although you still can't explain why operations such as Lufthansa have such stellar reputations and histories, while maintaining a longstanding program of hiring inexperienced pilots and providing ab initio training. How is it that they're not falling out of the sky?
The cadet selected in the above scenario will of course be of the highest quality. The point that you are missing is that most airlines have gone over to a user pays system and the question is whether this has resulted in a different breed of airman?
While the motivated individual with a love of aviation is stuck in GA doing the hard yards to gain enough experience to eventually apply for an airline position. Meanwhile, the drongo dropout with rich parents moves straight into the RHS. Eventually all airlines might be forced to adopt this model to remain competative and then the passionate aviators will never get out of GA and in the future may not even bother, going into a more lucrative profession instead and satisfying their dreams of flying as a private pilot.