Whats to say standards have taken a hit? Where is your reference for this information, or is it just conjecture?
Who is wearing the rose tinted glasses now? You admitted that standards have dropped - what happened to the jet time requirement? If standards have dropped, then where did this slide begin, and who allowed it? I will give you a hint - it started with the same guys who were willing to accept lesser contracts than their peers. These guys started the ball rolling, and now these guys are the ones telling us that WE need to do something about it.