Comments on this board also lead me to think that the typical line pilot is very uncomfortable with actually flying an airplane.
Not so.
As a typical line pilot I am very comfortable flying (Hand flying) the airplane.
So is 95% of my co-workers.
The pilots you mentioned, the ones that are not comfortable flying an airplane, are probably the guys you see on the CNN evening news..Buffalo, Amsterdam, Tripoli..
You don't have to be a Navy test pilot to safely fly a Boeing or a Bus.
