You are both absolutely correct in your thoughts.
They are good and well-articulated points of the discussion, but 'correct' is a matter of opinion in this case. What you mean is "I agree", surely?
Unfortunately, like I've said in other threads, I feel we're just banging our heards up against a stone wall with the "new" generation of "automated" pilot.
Maybe we could say the same about trying to break through this barrier of patronising, condescending views of 'older generation' pilots who look down on those of us who fly modern aircraft with their modern 'toys', as you crudely put it. I'm always ready to engage in constructive debate and the genial nature of your posts suggests you are too, which is great; but then you throw in a comment like "let these boys play with their toys", which makes me wonder why we even bother having these discussions.