A bit of digging has produced some possible answers:
Existing cadets to be re-employed by the existing Skywest business with whatever they rename/rebrand the business to.
Future cadet courses will be run by the existing Skywest business with whatever they rename/rebrand the business to.
Future Virgin Australia cadets will only be so in brand name only, really they will be cadets of the existing Skywest business.
Future 'Virgin Australia Cadets' will not be employed by the mainline domestic 737/ejet business.
The setup between the existing mainline business and the existing Skywest business will be similar to the arrangement between Qantas Group and Eastern and Sunstate except that where the qantas subsidiaries are branded as Qantaslink, Skywest will be branded either as simply 'Virgin Australia' to portray depth to the brand or something like 'Virgin Australia Regional', similar enough to the main brand.
It is important to note that whilst for marketing purposes the branding suggests one big organisation the legal arrangements provide a very distinct separation between the business affairs, importantly 2 pilot groups with a completely different remuneration structure. A gameplan straight out of the Qantas / oldmeadow play book.
Watch what happens at Qlink over the next 12-18 months and you will have a crystal ball with what will happen at Skywest over the next 3-5 years.
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Last edited by The Kelpie; 12th Apr 2013 at 21:25.