Brain Fade
I assume that that comment was a little tongue in cheek!?!!
However it is our job to (help) stop you guys from having an incident (in the ONE aircraft that has at least 2 people controlling it) with any of the many others that one of us happen to be controlling at the same time.
It is a team effort – but yes, we do know that in an emergency situation, you are the one with it all to lose.
Having flown for the military in a genuine high workload cockpit and environment with none of the fancy aids available to commercial airliners I do know, in the main, what you guys do.
Unfortunately I am not allowed to drink coffee on console, unlike airline pilots.
Airline pilots who do not know and/or choose not to follow basic rules are the ones who are likely to spill their coffee at the very least, due to that fact that the chances are their lack of professionalism will have caused the incident they find themselves in!!