And the long-term consequence of that is that even if they relax the requirements later, a large number of people who might have considered it as a career simpl

And the long-term consequence of that is that even if they relax the requirements later, a large number of people who might have considered it as a career simply wrote it off. I know that's what happened with me. I heard nothing but nightmare stories about how hard it was to get a pilot slot, so I let that go and went to college instead.