I think in the last 10 years, the "profession" has fundamentally changed.
This is for a number of reasons, but even things such as 10 years ago the class 1 medical severely cut out a good proportion of the population for eye sight reasons alone.
If we look at the supply of potential pilots today, it's really limited to ability to pay/ stupidity to enter mountains of debt. I find it unbelievable that big businesses such as TCX offer tagged schemes requiring £80k + cash upfront. If investment banks did this, there would be hell on with calls of elitism etc.
I really think that this type of selection will change the nature of our future pilots, and consequently those with a brain will go nearwhere this career.