There’s also a growing movement of Mickey Mouse-esque “bachelor of aviation” in Australia, as the universities etc have cottoned onto the fact that they can charge$120k for something the flight schools/modular program have been providing for $60k plus a crappy wage for eons

also re many meeting minimums, there is a big push for diversity (specifically in Australia, to get the male:female ratio to 50:50 which is insanity). So we are all equal but some are more equal than others, when it comes to requirements