It’s all well having a go at the flight crew but it can be a bloody difficult job especially setting priorities with the bull**** of paperwork, checklists and when they can be completed, fatigue, strange airfields and languages (I include American regional accents in that sans le Français ) without the ridiculous long duty days and jet lag.
The airlines want more and more blood out of the stone. In my day 650 flying hours left me knackered and as soon as I could afford it I took unpaid leave as a 40 year old..ok electronics have changed things and you don’t need the flying skills of 30 years ago but it is still a hands on job and airfields aren’t the easiest thing to navigate even in daylight. I’ve called for a follow me at home base for the local captain who got lost whilst I was doing the after landing checklist.
BA managed to take the wrong taxiway Twice in SA hitting a building the second time - that takes some doing.