Call me a cynic if you will, but this whole thread is really much to do about absolutely completely nothing. First off as the OP stated this TA will pass with flying colors so the whole opening diatribe is nothing more than wasted electrons. Second, forced upgrades have yet to actually happen and my crystal ball predicts another Black Swan event will happen taking the industry backwards a few years (perhaps even the age 67 issue) and make upgrades more of a priority. Not to mention that the industry has had periods in the past where new pilots were low time and planes didn't start crashing every week.

I get that people like to argue on the internet these days, but this thread and the arguments seem a bit overblown to me.