Agree in principle. Except when it comes to that one in a million event where something goes seriously wrong and requires the captain to fall back on superb airmanship and pure flying (not automatic pilot) flying skills.
I agree! Hence my hedge later in the above quoted post that I too would
feel better flying behind skilled pilots like Sully and Skiles. I'd prefer to share the skies with experienced and dedicated professional pilots who know their craft well. But even the typical product of the training mill manages to get the plane from A to B without incident often enough to satisfy almost everyone. Until something happens that is...