Originally Posted by Fegelein

When I played youth soccer, I got a trophy just for participating, even though our team didn't come close to winning. I think that since the shortage of regional pilots is so dire, we need to be more flexible in the standards new F/O's are held to. Otherwise regionals risk turning away younger pilots because they might not make it through training and they don't want to be traumatized with a training failure hanging over their head.