Doze, "skill" among pilots includes the set of "monkey skills" and set of "brain housing group and headwork" skills. Those two subsets are combined to create the larger set of "pilot skills."
I thus find the AF chief pilot's statement of dubious value. (If it has been translated properly).
I don't care how coordinated you are -- if your headwork is poor, brain doesn't work well while flying and you won't be much good at flying since you'll eventually run into something you should not.
Likewise, there are very well equipped (mentally) folks whose eye-hand-foot coordination renders them dangerous. We used to refer to them as "plumbers" back when I was a flight instructor.
Those skill groups come as a set, like the Lone Ranger and Tonto, or like Dolly Parton's left and right breasts.
You don't break up a set.
Last edited by Lonewolf_50; 23rd August 2012 at 15:05.