Youse guys crack me up.
Share the skies? I went for a two hour ride the other day and never got within 1500 feet of another airplane. And I probably didn't even see more than half a dozen. What about sharing the roads? 45 minutes this morning were spent within inches of other vehicles - cars and large trucks. Just a single moment of inattention and I could have been wiped out - particularly when the freeways come to a sudden stop near the exits for M39, 696, 8 mile, and M10 where it backs up every day.
Germanwings guy? Yea. Let's all jump up and down and chant "Germanwings, Germanwings, Germinwings" because all of the millions of people who take this sort of medication are just more Germanwings guys waiting to happen. Also, every person from the middle east is a terrorist, and every middle age white guy who voted for Mitt Romney is a card carrying member of the Aryan Brotherhood.
Now, I have my doubts about the O.P. - how could you get to be a commercial pilot and not know exactly what the answer is to the original question - either quit flying or keep your mouth shut. But if we were to assume an element of truth, then, yea, the current system is really working.
There is only one way to win in the Kobayashi Maru scenario.