Many sons of senior pilots were not accepted and are now flying elsewhere. Children of other staff were, people unconnected with Qantas were accepted.
1990/91 QF cadetships. 6,000+ applications. 24 cadets. One son of a QF captain, one son of another QF employee in Flight Ops. 22 with no connection to Qantas at all. Most of them smarter than me!
Ignore fly boat north. He's a troll. I'm going to treat him like voldemort and won't speak his name ever again. Not out of fear but because he's a clown.