Qantas never offered a job guarantee either , they wanted to see performance.
Over 80 Junior First Officers in Jetstar now , understand the transition rate from cadetship to employment is similar to what the QF program was - around 95%
Virgin only offered a guarantee to raise the middle finger to the QF group cadet programs - micro program anyway - 8 per year.
Very little hope for the 3000 plus regional turboprop pilots in Australia to transition to any airline or FIFO jet job now, same for the RAAF pilots - all squadrons overstocked ATM.
Interesting times I would think in the boom years of 04 to 08 at least 500 and even up to 700 new jet jobs every year. Now less than 100.
No wonder most take a chance to slam cadet programs , always the same old catch cries , "no guarantee of job" , "you will never get a command", "rip off program" - all just no basis in reality.
Think a lot of turboprop dreamers just don't like the idea of a 19 yo, flying a new Airbus & earning over $80K plus , taking "their job"
Suck it up boys - the airlines can hire who they want - maybe many of the GA astronauts they were forced to hire in boom years were a disappointment, and that is why Jetstar began cadetships.
Dream on turboprop , dream on , one day you will be a "jet pilot" in your dreams it will come true