I thought circling approaches were safe and didn't require extraordinary pilot skills. They are required for an instrument rating. If now because of lesser qualified pilot applicants we have to eliminate circling approaches because they are a little harder maybe we should raise the requirements as congress is doing now. Having done hundreds of circling approaches in mountains with no problem, some at minimums, TGU, most of them I think we have to get pilot standards up to what they were when we were new.
Don't lower the pilot standards because some can't do it. I think the post "If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen" came from. Don't bid flights to places you don't feel comfortable.