If your reply was serious, it makes no sense, because a Masters was never a requirement, so there's no standard to lower in not requiring one. Furthermore, there hasn't been a seismic shift in the competitive mins WRT a Masters either way. It's always been a net positive, not a deal sealer in any case, never a requirement to begin with, and most pilots get hired without it like always.

Now, however, if attempting some trolling, while I do appreciate the effort, I award you no points; I'm not offended as a DL pilot, but I am offended as a comedian. If you're gonna step up to the plate and whiff, you might as well try another guard police/van admiral meanie pants/submarine officer reference and at least foul tip it back into the net. Or pop it up for a can of corn with another landing on a taxiway dig. Or even bunt it and hope you get lucky running it out with a Captain Happy reference. That at least sometimes works. Just don't hit one into the gap talking about our old DC-9-10's or into the stands with an apropos JV reference. Alaska was a fast baserunner but fortunately coach Brad told them to take way to big a lead and we picked them off.

Wait, I just found out we don't require a PhD in microbiology either. So much for standards.