But see, that is quite subjective - it's your own personal estimation of what does and does not qualify someone as a skilled pilot. Your estimation, my estimation, Frenotx's estimation, Truesilver's estimation, all of it is going to vary and be different.
I have played many a PvP & PvE game, and frankly speaking I've learned one ultimate lesson. Putting on pretentious airs about having PvP skill is nothing more than hot air. Game mode doesn't matter, personal effort does, and that's all there is it to it - 'casuals' and 'unicums' abound in the same proportions no matter where you go. (And before I get the "well you must be the 45% potato kind of player, no, far from it: I'm the 1.5+ kdr/55%+ win rate kind of tryhard in a competitive PvP environment. I actually purposefully avoid these kinds of games because it gets to me too much, so take this as from someone who's learned this the hard way.)
If you enjoy PvP and testing your skills against other players, great! But that doesn't put you on a pedestal above someone who honed their ability to fight in a spaceship against hordes of AI-controlled targets. They have every chance to learn the same exact maneuvers and loadout techniques that you do.