Not to bore you with my younger son’s story, but he got his private pilot license on the day he turned 16, was hired by a regional airline when he was 21; and now flies A-330s out of Seattle to the Far East and Europe.
He got a modest inheritance from a great grandfather, and never borrowed a dime.
That may be true but the requirement of solo at 16 and licensure at 17 has been in place for decades. Since at least 1990s when I got my license.
It is on the FAA Private Pilot Exam...