Mate if there's one thing I can tell you from many many years of instructing and airline flying it's that everyone is 'average'. We all have weaknesses and we all have strengths. I've seen a lot of people who I thought initially had as much natural flying aptitude as a hedgehog, move into the airlines just through sheer hard graft and strength of will. I've also seen people who I thought were naturals, just go and give it all away when the going got a bit tough.
Don't let it get to you honestly, gapan is a bunch of crusty old suit wearing orville-and-wilbur-contemporaries who for reasons known only to themselves seem to enjoy perpetuating the illusion that flying is actually difficult or in some way for the elite. They are far far removed from the reality of 21st century flying training let alone the modern employment market.