Richard,
Most of the pilots who fly year around here are excellent pilots. 
The summer time flyers who come up to make money flying in Alaska need to be better trained regarding flying in Alaska. 
Bad pilots don't last too long up here. 
The two recent air taxi crashes in SE Alaska were both pilots from out of State. 
The one crash the report really tears into the greedy companies who encourage pilots to fly in  bad weather. 
I am proud that my favorite company (Taquan Air) canceled their flights that day. They participated in the safety program and are the only company in town that has completed it and follows it. They make sure not only their pilots are trained but the flight operations manager has completed the training and has worked at the company for twenty-one years. 
They stood up to the shore exs who were trying to badger them into flying. 
The two pilots over a 44 year history I knew that crashed and died, did it so on flights after they had dropped off their passengers.