Shed,
Too obscure for me. There have been cadets at QF since before I was born so inexperienced pilots is not a new thing. The merits, or otherwise, of the QF cadet programme have been done to death.
The unavoidable issue is that AJ is on record as saying QF will not grow for the next 3-5 years. I suspect it will be a fair bit longer than that (how long are the 380s 'deferred' for?) The current pilot surplus is said to be about 150 but I think it's more like 250. They are offering LWOP, MOU etc in a bid to do everything they can to avoid redundancies, not because they're nice blokes but because it would cost big money, be a
PR nightmare and probably result in court action. Guys are leaving because they see they will stay exactly where they are, on minimum hours, for the next 5 years and probably longer. Previously, it has been a bit of a trickle of guys leaving. The trickle is getting stronger and many suspect it will turn into a torrent.