To go a little further than that. I knew many ex Eastern pilots who were hired with Comm/IR, minimum time and then were happy to vote for higher time and Univ. degrees when same rules did not apply to them. This would have been in late 60's as they had 10 years on me. Makes me wonder how many "old school" posters who also slipped thru the cracks.
And you are right about the baby boomers (of which I am one), no generation has asked for more.