The ignorance from some of the posters on this forum never ceases to amaze me.
In my company there is a vast mix of former GA, military and cadet pilots... with a few exceptions noted, you ask any captain and they will tell you that the cadets are, on average, at the VERY least equal in ability to most from GA. I've been told by some check captains that the sim and check results speak for themselves.
Reality is that you're either naturally good at this and/or you're trainable, or you're not, regardless of what stream you come in via. We shouldn't be pigeon holing individuals ability based on what background they have. As has been mentioned elsewhere in this thread, I have it on very, very good authority that most of the QF cadets are excellent operators.
I do however take issue with cadet programs that are used to put downward pressure on employment conditions... ie employing under different contracts. Now THAT is a problem.