I will bight threecombs by answering: look at the background of the captains in the QF32, the QF30 oxy bottle failure, and the QF72 A330 controllability issue (and the Jetstar A330 problem with the 'Qantas' captain). They all came from backgrounds that, while not perfect in their safety records, invested heavily in the training of their personnel. The Bangkok accident was, IMHO, the result of the poor airmanship of the captain. I believe that core flying skills and airmanship are what will get you out of trouble in that 1:1 000 000 situation. Unfortunately in this new low-cost world with reduced flying requirements, in the future, even though the likelihood of aircraft failures is lower, I believe that there will be hull losses that you would have been expecting the older generation of crew to be able to save, e.g. Air France.