Qualified? Maybe (if by "qualified", you mean, "meets the minimums.")

Competitive? Mathematically impossible (we can't all be competitive. Some are more competitive than others.)

If it were up to me, I'd hire based on the amount of dues paid in this gummed up industry and have a Google-type IQ test as a barrier to entry.

Lot's of push to promote "diversity." I get it. Makes for interesting conversations in the cockpit. But the guy/gal/transgender has to pay the dues first. That's all we ask.