What a voice of reason!
The average pilot has de-skilled in aviating and transformed to a higher level of being in conducting himself. The latter pushed out the former, made possible through evolution of technology. The overall result is a less-accident prone commercial aviation by order of magnitude or multiples of.
N.b. holes below the waterline need to be plugged no matter the skill-set involved. The newly achieved increased safety level, combined with less exposure to risks, presents a steeper slope to complacency than before. The arousal-stress / performance curve explains.