Honestly guys, we've all taken different paths to get where we are now and despite what a lot of you think those paths haven't actually ended yet for most. Different circumstances require different routes into the industry, and at the end of the day those who don't deserve to be there will be found out, but it is not the right or responsibility of you, me, or anyone to define who is right or wrong or who is needed and who is not.
As long as you enjoy what you do, you enter the industry with a fresh mindset that is willing to contribute, I'll more than happily refer to you as necessary and required. Cadetships are not going away, nor is pay to fly, nor is bushbashing or instructing or military. Learn to get along, it will pay off.
End rant.