Again, great theory but the days of quality in the airline industry are over. That means service, customers, employees, etc. You're probably too young to remember but there was actually a time when even a ramp rat could actually make enough to make a decent living (was a pretty upstanding person too), the customers were respectable folks as well and the airlines actually provided exemplary service. Compare that now to gang fights on the ramp amoungst workers (SEATAC), the bus people we fly around on a daily basis and now having to be charged for everything from wanting a bulkhead/exitrow seat to being charged for ONE extra piece of luggage. Then again this is all pretty much a direct reflection on society as a whole.

So if everything else is attracting the lowest quality, why would you expect such a high level of discernment amoungst the incoming pilots?