@Raven
How long has Cathay been running the cadet program?
Why is it that standards then, are only becoming a problem now?
You'd think that opening the program to a wider audience would attract a more talent.
The standards argument is nothing more than a straw man created by hypocrites needing something to justify why it was ok for them to sell out, but not us.
FYI, i have an aero's rating.