On that basis, to the OP, go for it, they may well see the Man, rather than an inconsequential piece of paper. See some of the major US airlines have now dropped the college requirement also.
Except they won’t “see the man”, because his application will have been sifted out automatically! I don’t understand what is difficult to understand about this. As an aside, the qualifications being asked for are those of a high school leaver - not graduates, so 18 year olds (as stipulated in the application requirements) can “walk in straight out of high school”.
I’m not trying to be negative or a pessimist - I’m trying to describe how this will be working in practice. By all means ‘go for it’, but, in my personal opinion, the only way to stand a chance of passing through the first filtering of applications (if you do not have the written mandatory requirements, which also include holding a Class One medical) is to be already known to those involve. Obviously the medical will be non-negotiable……
I’m happy to be proved wrong!