This rumour is not a good one to hear. I can comprehend DE candidates getting selected to start ahead of trainees but not UNSW students when there are trainees who have been in the file for up to 12month.
What? That pilots who have built some time get a go at an airline and 150hr 'never left home' pilots are not taken?
This talent might go other places if they don't start offering jobs.
Seriously just go. Don't ever wait on a job, non are guaranteed and none are yours before you actually have them.
Trainees take longer to train and take MUCH longer to get to command due minimal experience and low hours. With the loss over the past 2 years they can't afford to take on a 150hr hero when the Captain may also still have a clean cap.