Original Message

Even if your an average pilot in your trained area of operation. you can still prabably get most jobs done and manage an engine failure or two, as well as a Top Gun and at least survive the crash. It's like car wrecks a lot of dumb asses seem to survive the worst crashes.. 

Not hours or skill , but just life and learning along the way and hopefully learning from life's general lessons which often come from outside aviation , will help you make better decisions... Bad decisions seem to kill most pilots.