Machinbird
Seriously, with guys flying intercontinental routes and bagging only 5-7 hours of actual stick time a year, do you really expect them to have the touch at 2 am after their handling skills have had a few years to atrophy?
Imho itīs not a question what we can expect, but what we are entiteled to expect. Those factors should be accounted for by the company, by the training departments and by the regulators. The situation you describe is not an unavoidable must, itīs the unfortunate result of negligence.
Would you like to sit in a cab, where the driver is not used anymore to operate the brakes and the steering wheel?