Original Message

You see, the greatest generation didn't happen by accident.

All these awesome Sully Sullenbergers didn't just come out of no where.  THey were honed, shaped, culled from the masses. 

War.

War was the great filter.

World war 2, the korean, vietnam....storms in the desert.  They are all good for one thing.  Culling the weak and letting the strong survive. 

See, this is where all the great pilots of yesterday came from...the crucible that forged great pilots. 

Today we have a plethora of average pilots who are just that, average.  No challenge beset in front of them to weed out the chaff.  Hence the increase in dumb pilot stuff you see on the daily.

We need a good war to pit the mediocracy against mediocracy so that the best of the best can once again emerge.

Then we'll have great pilots back in the cockpits again.....and less runway incursions and excursions, midairs, and what not.