Well, in defense of the glass cockpit, I'd note that the Green Dot (or F symbol in some configurations) on the airspeed tape do serve more or less the same function as PTHornet's flip-book of target speeds.
It was there - the checklist just didn't get around to mentioning it very quickly.
The other thing that struck me regards the simulations done to see if 1549 could have reached TEB or LGA. They did 20 runs with an IMMEDIATE turn towards the airports (with a 53% success rate) but only one (1) with a delayed turn to simulate real-world reaction time to an unexpected collision (35 seconds).
One wonders just how disastrously that one trial turned out - that they did not think it worthwhile trying it even one more time. Must have resulted in a heck of a (simulated) burning hole in the Bronx, Harlem or Weehawken.