Bob Moore wrote:
He was a captain for a major airline. They can pretty much ALL fly
that way, excepting the ocasional screwup. They've all had thousands
of hours to practice.

Why, thank you Michael!

Don't get too excited, and don't start feeling too special. I know and
flew with a few people who managed to rack up hours in 5 digits without
being airline pilots. The worst of them flew better and was more
impressive overall than the best airline pilot I ever flew with.

It's not that being an airline pilots is something special - it's just
that if you fly that many hours, you're bound to get good just by sheer
repetition - and nothing really substitutes for time in the seat.

Michael