I think the mark of a REALLY good surgeon is one who refuses to take on healthy women as clients. That would be providing evidence based care.
Then he would be a very poor surgeon indeed with only a small number of women to care for. You do make a good point there, never quite thought of it in that way before!

This might interest you blackbird - The perinatal statistics show a consistent rate of around 15% caesareans are considered elective with emergency cs rates being anywhere between 11% and 14%.

In Victoria, the data breaks down the main reported reasons for both elective and emergency cs. I LOVE VIC's perinatal data, they provide really extensive data compared to the other states.

The three main reported indications for elective caesareans in VIC were:
Previous caesareans (57%), malpresentation (18%) and Other reported indications. (12.5%).

The three main reported indications for emergency caesareans in VIC were:
CPD/failure to progress(32%), fetal distress (31%) and malpresentation (12%).

And this is the part where my eyes just fall out of my head.

Women who plan homebirths have a caesarean rate of 7% (0.2% elective, 6.8% emergency)
Women who plan birth centre births have a caesarean rate of 11.9% (2.1% elective, 9.8% emergency)
Women who plan hospital births have a caesarean rate of 29.4% (15.6% elective, 14.3% emergency)

Look at the rates of emergency cs for homebirth! Clearly if you're looking to reduce your liklihood of ending up with surgery in place of a birth, you're best served by planning a homebirth.