This incident was not the only one at Jetstar that involved a cadet under training. One of the weaknesses of the Jetstar cadet program was that the last cadets to finish their ab-initio were told to go do their own thing until Jetstar started hiring again. Some went to the industry and came back to Jetstar 2 years later as very competent pilots. Some went back to their previous non-flying jobs. When they were recalled to start training they were well and truly out of currency. Imagine learning to fly then two years later your next flight in an actual aircraft was a domestic jet! Whatever the reason was for the rapid rotation it was the lack of experience that was a significant factor. Was it the cadet's "fault"? Partly because he was he one on the controls but it is also Jetstar's fault for just assuming that the gap in training was of no consequence. During that same period another Jetstar 320 had a hard landing with a cadet flying and two flight attendants had such severe back injuries that after twelve months they are still getting medical attention. At the very least Jetstar should have done some base training with this batch of cadets and not relied just on the simulator.