The comment about no high altitude training hand flying being inexcusable is naive. It was the norm when we came to the airlines. We were expected to know it. We were dispatched at high altitude with no autopilot with FAA blessings. The problem with inexperienced pilots going through airline training programs is they don't have the money or time to spoon feed new hires. They start their job barely qualified in normal conditions. You can't expect much performance in the AF 447 crash and you didn't. That is the new culture.