Yeah, one of the things that bothers me about flying, is that in decades past it was unheard of that a commercial pilot would NOT have learned to fly in the military. Hence, by the time a guy flew passengers he was experienced and well seasoned. If you didn't have military training you didn't get hired, period.
The stress of the combat training would have spit this psycho out by about year three. General aviation, maybe private flight instructor, that's as far as he would have gone.
Now any idiot can "sign up" to become a pilot. Isn't that nice?
I call nonsense on your pronouncement that in the past, non-military were not allowed, or that none existed.
Certainly not world-wide.
Maybe you’re mistaking the high percentages of MIL trained - in the US - proving regulations.
I have never heard such a thing, and I’m pretty history-savvy. Source?
After Vietnam there was a huge exodus of pilots from the military.
Now, there aren't so many ex-mil pilots at the airlines because the supply of them has dwindled since tthe big defense cuts (mostly fighter wings), and because the demand for pilots increased with airline deregulation.
I don't think the german nutcase would have made it to his first solo in jet training. He couldn't handle the stress they deliberately put on you to eliminate the less motivated students.