Evaluation as to whether you can be a pilot or not is simple: if one knows how to bicycle (balance, coordination, depth perception, situational awareness) and is not colorblind, then he qualifies. After seeing all the wierd Captains around, I doubt whether passing a Psych test is even required.
We all went thru flight training and remember that at 70 hrs we would fly under bridges and wash wheels in the river. Most of those that did that are now dead or disabled. Those that didn't, those that flew straight and level from point A to point B and were more concerned with sticking the nose wheel smack on centreline and on the bar for parking, they retire in their mansions.
We remember the Captains who always took on more fuel than necessary, who immediately diverted without at least one attempt at an approach, who gave you landings but with dual inputs, who were chicken in short. We hated them but they retire with a fortune.
The cool guys, the hotshots, the guys that made flying what it was meant to be, a passion not a job, they have the most number of incidents. Why do you think Airbus designed their airplanes so that these guys could no longer override the protections?
It's a new world. Live in it. Stick and rudder? It depends...
