Leady the last 10 years certainly does suggest there is something seriously wrong with the skill set airline pilots have if otherwise serviceable aircraft are literally falling out of the sky. If you look at the experience of the F/O who was controlling the aircraft it is most likely that he came from an ab ignitio program. As I mentioned a lot of the cadet programs and PAYG schemes that are prevalent do not produce a more competent pilot outside of normal operations. As evidence of this day in and day out thousands of flights are conducted that arrive safely. The concern is for those flights that end up outside the normal operation. It's not just me saying this it's many aviation blogs and articles that are starting to question current training practices. It has been my experience that civil pilots from GA backgrounds develop a lot of non- technical skills that cannot be taught in a simulator. Things like SOPs and airline culture come after induction and 100+ hours of line training.