OK i need to take a step back here.
I have never said that they are recruiting pilots below the average. I am saying that as they are recruiting, they miss a lot of good pilots, too.
Some of the guys i know could definetely be successful with the training and could adapt the environment pretty easily. However they chose not to pick any of them.
I have been informed that they were(the ones in the group work) getting along pretty good, however just 1 out of 8-10-12 has been picked. So you don't have the job even you do the testing good and get along with the other kids and even very skilled in handling.
But if the working conditions continue like this EK will come to crossroads; either opening the reapplications of the ones they didn't pick and do the reassessment more detailed, or they will lower the standarts. I don't see any other way for a company which is trying to grow bigger.