Couple of points.
1. I never said anything about academic success when I referred to 'doing the hard yards' in my career. There's a lot more to a successful aviation career than just reading some books and doing some exams. However, if you're a cadet, I can understand that you can't understand this.
2. The times of which I speak, are very recent.
I don't doubt that cadetships are a vital part of the industry for some people. However these so called 'cadetships' these days are money grabbing exploits that are just there to screw pilots over.
I won't waste my energy anymore, you just can't tell some people.
morno