My wife went to the FAA’s entry school for controllers in the ‘80s. 110 started; by the end (3 months later) 60 had washed out. After that the real grind began - checking out locally.
The best of the best went to the enroute (ARTC) centers or radar approach (RAPCON) in the big cities - Chicago, New York, Los Angeles, etc. A lot of them didn’t make it through and ended up in small towers or in the Flight Service Stations.
If they’re going to play the “equality of outcome” game the standards will drop. I suspect, however, that the FAA will not allow that to happen and just end up hiring a lot of “no hitters” or low level paper pushers with a string of failures in their personnel files.
She made it at an enroute center, BTW, got fully checked out, then ended up resigning when recalled by her airline. She retired as a -747 captain on international routes.
You married well.
You married well.