Concur.
The problem in these events were related to inadequate certification, that led to the pilots needing to have extraordinary skill in order to cope with the ***** $@ndw1Ch they were offered by the manufacturer and regulator.
The rules require a design that can be managed by an average pilot.... not Chuck Yeagers. Changing training does not give a free pass for bad design.
Have manual skills degraded? Possibly, but that is a direct result of what the system has elected to focus on in order to ensure that other problems were cured.
Air France? Asiana? Chuck Yeager? Please....