>required to get a bare minimum of 5 certs (written, oral, and flight portion required plus minimum hours, all with different examiners) plus a type rating (as rigorous as a cert) plus a LOT of endorsements, pass a 1000-question written, pass several scenario-based exams plus a flight portion, and then you can sit as a copilot for a few years (in which you will complete a lot of extra training) before they even consider letting you be the Pilot in Command
>”diversity hands out those papers”