Just flew in my bosses Beech Bonanza the other day. No, wasn't kissing up. We had an office charity raffle and for once I won.
Interesting analogy, but seems a bit apples & oranges to me.
Comprehensive checklists, audio alarm backups, GPS, radars, on and on.
I'd never flown up ft with an IR rated pilot with current gen avionics prior to this little delight. Before I'd have considered pilots and riders to have a lot in common. Er, I'm not so convinced now. While there are plenty of dumb pilots, methinks that the cost of entry, complexity, continuing education requirements, etc., screens out a bit more of the goofballs than learning to ride a bike does.
Your analogy might be accurate for a Visual Flight Rules aircraft. I resisted calling them VFR's.