The talk given to brand new cadets would be very different to the one given to pilots with previous experience. I think it also depended on which management pilot was available at the time as to what was said. When RM was 744 Fleet Manager he definitely stated to the 9 blokes in the room that "we were the best of the best, thats why we were now in Qantas". Thats not second hand info I was one of the 9.
We were fortunate that QF were recruiting ex-Ansett at the rate they were. Any QF pilot who is either VR or CR is not going to have the same opportunity for employment in Oz. If you are an FO then you are going to be in the que like everyone else and if you are an SO then V-Jet is just not telling you the real story. The reality is the most likely place to be employed in a permanent job is the ME and even then they still reject a lot of applicants who don't meet their HR standard let alone the technical standard.