Originally Posted by
Yakattack
Pardon my Gen X skepticism, but no. They do fine, but "outfly any day of the week?" No. Enough years on the job by now to know that nobody is superhuman or error free.
In my observation, the most senior (most old) guys are all rock solid pilots. Not discounting that the environment they grew up in had something to do with it, but more likely pilot jobs were just so hard to come by that only the cream of the crop got a number at a legacy in 80's/mid 90's.
My generation had the benefit of lots of character building opportunities along the way, but jobs were more available, at least at certain points. Subsequent generations had even more access to jobs. Timing.