Swinburne University do a degree program where FEE HELP (or whatever they're calling it this week) is available for the flying component upto just over 80k from memory.
There is no doubt that the cadet route is one that the airlines are pushing. With Jetstar, Rex, Sharp, QLink running them, and Virgin and Tiger talking about it, it seems to be the way the industry is going.
There is no way that the GA industry will be able to provide, medium term, the number of pilots that will be required in Australia, and despite many nay-sayers there is really no evidence that a cadet pilot is not of equal quality to a "GA" pilot throughout the world.
Cadet progams are not new, and have been well accepted throughout the world. The MPL is another issue, and with the work that ICAO and most regulators are doing on it (not CASA however) it will become more and more popular.
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