you handed in the fun chips when you signed up for your 1st sim supported aircraft...
If you want to be a hand flying legend spend some of that big paycheck on a ultralight, LSA, homebuilt, whatever machine and go mad to your hearts content....
Hand flying is an essential skill and those that have respect for it will always find a way to practice..
but flying a modern RPT machine designed with FMS etc probably aint the best time...
Captain Sully I think did so well not for what he did at work but what he did in aviation outside the jet world over the years...