I’m not against starting at the low levels for prior experience hires but making them go to the academy as pass/fail is definitely not fair. Considering they’ve already went through an ATC school as pass/fail with their aviation career on the line.....
I can sympathize with that, though there is a difference between the military and FAA, you can't honestly agree that an Army controller shouldn't be sent to the academy. As well from being in the military, just because you have an MOS doesn't mean you were either good at it or consistently practiced it.