The selection process is NOT influenced by the ability to pay.
Superfluous use of the word
NOT.
An individual comes to ryr, refuses to pay for TR, then he/she is not
selected.
A system based on merit would select people based on their experience, skills and other various competence based criteria. The best would then be offered the job.
The ryr process however self-selects those who also have the ability to pay. As those most suitable for the job are not always the same as those who can pay for it, it stands to reason that the first, and most important, hurdle to jump is the ability to pay. Everything else follows from this.
You can split hairs all you like about the difference between selection and acceptance, but that's just semantics and it all amounts to exact same thing, i.e. who sits in the cockpit.
The bottom line is that if you are not willing to buy a TR, you will not get the job, regardless of how good you are. Therefore it is plainly rubbish to say that willingness to pay is not the prime criterion in the ryr selection process. Everything else is dependent on it.