This is why I stopped writting on PPRUNE.
(my friend told me below average pilots in every sense)..
Well your friend is 100% wrong.The two guys who recently interviewed for command upgrade were two of the strongest pilots in recent interviews. Do you know why? On the A-300 every flight is a checkride and every layover is a visit to the Part A chapter 7 or 8 to look up a legality.
Stick and rudder skills, which you probably have 0% of, as well as book knowledge, you have 0% of that also as you have to post what your friend told you because you are unable to think for yourself, is in abundance amounst these two guys.
As another friend to you, I think your friend told you the wrong information.
HM