I was on a Delta jump seat the other day and the crew were awesome. I liked hearing the story of the guy who was waiting for a buddy to get ready to go to the bar and while he was waiting, he filled out his application in pencil, guessed his hours-turned out they were wrong so when into his military sim to "increase his hours" so he could match up log books. He went to the interview in a old suit that did not fit, paid for no prep and was hired. I might add that he was military so that might have trumped everything. I guess a decade or two of flying passengers safely being crapped on makes it necessary to have us jump through all those hoops in order to get a job. Major pilots=double standard.
1968 was a long time ago but go ahead make a comparison if it makes you feel better.