Keg has nailed that one on the head.
I have heard comments among the QLink community to the tune of "if it's good enough for them then it's good enough for all of us"
I also agree with DiVosh, there are many pilots in sunnies and eastern who maintain a standard well above company expectations and those pilots would be an exceptional choice for qf. But I don't believe these pilots should have an open door into Qantas for this reason without being subjected to a recruitment process to Qantas standard.
I think many people forget (most likely because it has been years since qf ran a cadet course), that the cadets were tested and scrutinised throughout the training phase - all to the Qantas standard.
ANCDU, I also agree with you. I would like to think the Lords at QF will be think twice about those who have had time away from aviation. There plenty of boys and girls who are highly motivated to join the company and it would be sad to know that slots were taken up by people who were less motivated