I'd conjecture that these days, the best natural pilots are probably found in Africa where they don't train people with no ability and idiots can kill themselves quickly, and of course in the military. But neither of the above are necessarily well equipped to be a flying branch manager, paid to "monitor" a slow lumbering computer with wings stuck on that flies itself except when it doesn't.
In the first and probably last analysis, the ground guys at SFO who deprived landing planes of automatic aids are statistically responsible for the Asiana crash. There was bound to be one crew that couldn't fly a visual approach.
This time it was Asiana was the one which couldn't find a seat when the music stopped. But the whole industry is dancing. The NTSB will determine the precise sequence of events, but the cause -eroding flying skills all over the industry, with no changes in the rules to accomodate them- is now well documented.
As for what deSitter says, yes I've seen it too. But the economics work against recruiting people with good native 3D or dynamic skills in a mass industry; because skill requirements excessively narrow the pool of applicants.
Last edited by edmundronald; 12th Jul 2013 at 12:36.