What he says about competency based training is absolutely correct...so why not introduce a competency based A320 jet training program to all the 1500 hour recruits so we have both experience AND competency. The dip**** is getting away with claiming that you either have one or the other.
And what he says about recruiting from regional/general aviation is absurd. If suddenly all avenues to a jet job are closed as all airlines employ only cadets...this is when you will see regional/outback australia suffer. The reason 99% of pilots are in outback general aviation is because they are working towards a jet or turboprop job, take away that carrot and what reason would anyone have to go and seek a job flying a beaten up cessna 210 in the bush?
If every airline operated a cadetship like onestar, the situation we would have is that GA operators would need to pay their pilots as much as miners. Why else would someone choose to live in the middle of nowhere using arguably unsafe equipment??