"We might actually be in the presence of a bonefide skygod in Mr Dude."
I'd suggest actually in the presence of a competent captain. (And that would be "bonafide," unless you maybe mean "bone-fried.")
Surgeon says, "Oh, man, I just severed his spinal cord!" Should the rejoinder be, "Hey, it happens to all of us now and then. Deal with it." Hope not.
From following this thread and many others, it seems to me, a mere 3,000-hour light-twin and small-jets pilot, that we have increasingly few skygods and increasingly too many skydorks.