Anq, let's review your comments:
Comment 1:
Most drivers worldwide would have returned it to terra firma.
Comment 2:
“As a group are they very well skilled? Yes.”
As are all airline pilots.
So far you've made assertions that 'most drivers worldwide' would have gotten QF32 back on the ground; and, 'all airline pilots' are very well skilled. Whilst we can't really test your first assertion with any degree of objectivity (short of simming it with a representative selection of 'most drivers worldwide') we can only go on subjective arguments.
Given how airline pilots world wide continue to find new ways of pranging perfectly serviceable aircraft I'd suggest that your point 2 is somewhat flawed. Indeed I'd argue that the standards amongst first level carriers are quite similar but that's a very different thing to 'all airline pilots'.