This article should be titled “Why you should NEVER fly in a plane being piloted by me.” In my years and thousands of hours of not only flying, but teaching, in jet airliners, I’ve come across every type of pilot. One of them is the pilot that is so lacking of confidence and skill that everything scares them and they overcompensate for it. You’re one of those pilots. DCA isn’t scary. It isn’t difficult. It isn’t pushing the limits. It is an airport. A well equipped, first world airport. A competent pilot should be able to handle it no problem through knowing the capabilities of themselves, the airport, and their airplane. And if the situation that day exceeds any of those capabilities, that is handled as needed. I’d hate to see how you react to airports that don’t have the runways, facilities, or services DCA has. Airports that skilled airline pilots take their planes into safely every day. They’re not being cowboys, taking risks, or being dangerous. They’re skillfully doing their job and getting their passengers to where they need to be.