We still have tons of good pilots, but with FBW fully accepted, how long are we going to have men and women who can really fly the craft by the seat of their pants?
Well, they just extended the retirement age to 65. That might help some.
The industry in the U.S. is slowly reverting back to having the crew demonstrate their ability to fly the airplane without the automation. Before, all the emphasis on training was to use the automation. The problem is that the automation fails occasionally or the automation cannot be used for certain runways, i.e. 25 L/R @ ANC and the Canarsie to 13 @ JFK, for example.
Frankly, I think the folks who fly the highly automated airplanes need more professional discipline to hand fly the airplanes more often, rather than allowing themselves to be 'dogs watching television' and passengers in their own airplanes. After all, there are times when you just have to be a pilot, instead of a typist.