One of the ironic aspects of the new recruiting standards is the education requirement. Chuck Yeager joined the Army Air Force as a private with a high school diploma. He would be completely ineligible for pilot training in today’s USAF
The sad reality in almost all Western Air Forces is that they are not looking to recruit good pilots, they are looking to recruit “future senior leaders” which is bureaucratic speak for pliable politically attuned managers.
Israel is the exemption because they have an existential threat around them, This concentrates the minds of senior IAF leadership and defence politicians in a way that is unimaginable in Canada, UK, US etc etc