I see what your saying. I am just expressing what i've been told. Your probably right about the GA, I'm sure a lot of them make great pilots, but to get into a cadet program you have to pass aptitude testing. You can't be of the same tier as the rest of the flying population. With only 15 or so spots with each intake with J* and thousands of applicants, you have to be the elite to get a spot, so its quite likely cadets would make some pretty damn good pilots.
Regardless which produces better pilots, the facts and figures I outlined above doesn't make the program as bad as people say. If I as missing something on this program, please let me know
