Or they just pick the best of the ones that can pay. They wont have any shortage of applicants. I'm not saying that they wont get any good people but that some excellent people will miss out. Some that really should have got the job.
Ask the Jetstar and Tiger captains how they feel about now having to babysit 200 hour cadets instead of having experienced crew sitting in the RHS. Its all based on cost.
SQ is now trying to exist in an ever more competitive low cost world.