Permit me to be the devils advocate here...
From the bean counting angle, the problem is slightly different.
You are told that the shiny new aircraft you are being sold have all this wonderful automatic stuff in it that does wonders.
Fine say the bean counters, since the aircraft will virtually fly and maintain itself, that means we can start hiring monkeys for pilots and engineers and cut down on training and employment costs, right?
Try explaining that in addition to more training on automatic systems, you still require your crew to demonstrate competency on steam gauges. Can you see where some of the pressure is coming from? "Why isn't this new technology lowering our cost base faster?"