If you read the summary at the end, the author makes the case that aircraft should be designed to be more easily flown a la the Airbus model (or even easier than that).
A Boeing VP pretty much eluded to the same thing in an interview a year or so ago.
Basically, make flying easier via computer software like Airbus (but even more automated) and you won't have to worry so much about how skilled pilots are anymore. The key phrase is "reducing the cognitive load".
DARPA has spent tens of millions of taxpayer dollars integrating software into commercial aircraft and helicopters to make them flyable with just a tablet and zero stick and rudder skills for example.
I realize this is a complete departure from how aircraft are designed and operated in the past and currently.