Me, like a lot of the other DESO candidates I interviewed with were experienced multi-engine jet pilots.. TWO AND A HALF YEARS ago! Without even getting into the grossly degraded terms & conditions, three months "learning" to fly a multi-engine piston in Adelaide as a "Cadet" is an insult.
If I still have the itch to go overseas to fly widebodys internationally, I'll go to Emirates as an FO (I challenge any of you considering this offer to compare the packages). Or I'll wait it out here stateside for another year or two for hiring to pick up at the Majors, while the rest of you who accepted are handcuffed to your 300 sq/ft shack in Tuen Mun, living in squalor, counting the days to the expiration of your "forgivable loan". Good Luck.
The short answer: NO