those who fly military fighter planes such as the F-18 are on a far different level than those who fly commercial aircraft. Not even the same league. Commercial piloting is more akin to truck driving, whether you care to admit it or not.
...and your experience in the matter is? (nothing)
Hey! moron! Tell that to Bob Shornsteimer, who had his 737 come apart 25000 feet above the Hawaiian islands, and everyone but one flight attendant lived to tell about it. How about the United crew that had their DC-10 lose all hydraulics and the captain was able to maneuver the airplane in such a matter that some actually lived to tell about it. How about the Hosers that had both engines flame out and they dead-sticked it into Lajes, and everyone lived to tell about it.
Perhaps you can take it from someone who has done both the military and commercial aviation, to tell you that you are full of $hit. But you knew that.
So what's your point? Mechanical faillures can happen to anybody. When I was 12, the brakes went out on my ten-speed and I smashed into a telephone pole losing teeth and getting stitches, lucky not to be killed, for had I not crashed into the telephone pole, I would have shot across a busy street. That doesn't make me a hero.
Spare us the stories of "hero" airplane pilots. We all know they exist and you can find heros in every walk of life. Yeah, flying an airplane is cool, but just about anybody can do it. (Except of course, for high-performance military aircraft, which does require a special breed.) I know most airplane pilots don't like to hear that, but it's true. My grandmother or my 12-year-old son could learn how to fly a plane. And there are lots of grandmothers and kids flying planes.