I think some of you are reading too much into this.
IIRC, the reason that the traineeships were begun in the past was that there were insufficient numbers of DE applicants.
And while I might agree with
I would suggest that there would never be a shortage of direct entry applicants in Australia with 700+ hours of command.
I would counter with a point of view that there may be a shortage of
suitable applicants.
IMHO, Qlink management agree, so in an attempt to broaden the range of applicants, the Traineeship (in whatever form it takes) is kept open.
DIVOSH!
P.S. Lee_apromise
