Originally Posted by p51guy
I hope I don't get to ride in the back of an airliner with an average pilot. I am sure it will happen some day but an average pilot landing in the Hudson would have been another story. He was above average. Automation could not have helped him much that day no matter what the Airbus fans say. His judgement and skill got them down alive.
By definition the majority of the pilots you fly with will be average or close to it. The real question is whether the average skill level is a suitable skill level. Provided the average skill level maintained by airline pilots is
well above the
minimum required skill level, all should be ok.