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This sounds reasonable.
Today's applicants however (apart from the rare DEC) will not fit your profile.
The average RyanAir pilot joining EK will be in his 30ies, still paying off his 100k debt he spent achieving all the licences.
It's no longer our shoes, guys in their 40ies/50ies on the LHS.
It's a new world of applicants and we're writing here to give them the whole picture, even if they don't really want to face reality.