The video is funny....if it were only played to pilots and made by a pilot. Unfortunantely, this is the public perception of us in 2012.

Thing is about this pilot gig, we are all highly and specifically trained. The other thing is most (well, many) pilots are fairly matter of fact. We do our job and go home. We don't embellish, (except to other pilots) we don't fluff things up, we are taught to think of nothing but what relates to a safe flight.
In the media and marketing driven society we live in this attitude doesn't do our profession any favors. We don't make a big deal out of the daily challenges of our jobs because...well, it's our job, we are trained to do it very well and we have done it 1000's of times.

How many times have we been at a dinner party and someone asks us ridiculous questions. Have you ever been scared? You don't really fly the jet anyway, right? I will never fly on (insert airline here) because they are horrible.....Many travelers truly believe that the autopilot has "TAKEOFF" "LAND" "LAX" "ORD" "IAH" "MIA" buttons and the computer does everything. I always cringe when some pilot says on the PA "Welcome aboard, blah blah, looks like the computer is telling us we will arrive at 632" Of course they think the computers do everything, we flat out tell them that on a PA!

The reason aviation is the safest form of travel isn't because of computers, it's because of highly trained, experienced pilots. Take the experienced pilot out of the loop and this safety is compromised. I'm not saying we all need to walk around with our noses in the air with our big douchy watches lighting the way but a little humble professional PR goes a long way be it at that dinner party or on the PA.