Is this a dying breed of Airman / Pilot for airlines?

[Jabiman]

You miss the point again

the thread, as you introduced it, is actually about airmanship, but if you want to call it skill and ambition now, as you wish

Skill and ambition are actually very relevant to declining airmanship.
The thread questions if airmanship is a dying breed because those now entering the profession do not have the requisite motivation and desire to learn true airmanship which requires consummate professionalism and dedication, something that you seem to posses but for some reason assume that ALL other pilots automatically do also.
It is this fast tracking into the right hand seat and the lowering of T & C’s which is opening the field for those who may not possess proper skill and the wrong type of ambition and which then conspire to remove the opportunity to learn true airmanship.
Also take note that not all training departments have the same high standard as the one that you work for and some MAY be affected by cost cutting and this coupled with a lower quality and less dedicated cadet may result in him never learning airmanship during the 200 hours of flying before he jumps into the RHS. Coupled with a subsequent over reliance on automation and this may result in the pilot airman indeed becoming a dying breed (to be replaced with the pilot automatom).