And once upon a time a pilot was never accepted into the RHS of anything in the majors,
in the US for sure Slasher but here in Europe the likes of BA/Air France/Lufty/KLM/SAS have been taking 150 hour cadets since the 1960's.
And nota bene that these cadets were mainly taught by ex WWII Air Force pilots who, in some cases, were seeing active duty at the grand old age of 18 and commanding squadrons by 21.