Keg (love all your contributions over the years BTW)
I think you may have missed the point I was trying to make. I personally have no real problem with Cadet Programs per say. As long as they are not designed to drive down Terms and Conditions. In the past such at the big Q, they were not designed that way. I believe they provided a worthwhile contribution in the 80's/90's for the said company.
My point was the original poster appears to me anyway, to be stressing out.
"Oh no, no one is offering a Cadet program anymore, how will I ever get a job as an Airline Pilot now?"
I was not having a go at Cadets (gees, that one has been done to death, surely?)