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Wrong. Safety philosophy requires the plane to be designed for the worst possible but still properly licenced and type rated crew.
Designing civil air transport aircraft for great airmen is completely out of the question. Don't even think about it!
This is also wrong.
The general safety principle prohibits aircraft characteristics requiring "exceptional pilot skill, alertness, strength or other capabilities". This human factors requirement is embedded throughout the regulations, e.g., in particular FAR 25.143:
FAR 25.143
(b) It must be possible to make a smooth transition from one flight condition to any other flight condition without exceptional piloting skill, alertness, or strength, and without danger of exceeding the airplane limit-load factor under any probable operating conditions
Although the interpretation of this principle is subjective by nature, it is clearly not a requirement to design for "the worst possible" licensed/typed-rated crew.