Aerobat77, military pilots are trained to not wreck the millions of dollars worth of aircraft they are flying. This helps in civilian passenger service in that, if the aircraft isn't wrecked, there is a good chance that the passengers survive. Again, I don't think pilots need to be military flight trained to be good, and I believe some changes in training are needed and to filter out pilots who don't perform well under pressure. I bring up the military as an example of training that tends to filter out jittery pilots. In the age of automation, it's even more important, because a higher percentage of the time, when a pilot's skill is called upon, it's a pressure situation. HAL can handle the routine stuff.