I'm aware of what your full post was - however the way it was phrased was leading, and somewhat indicative of the opinion that it was the technological advances themselves that caused a drop in airmanship, which isn't true.
I don't think the regulations care one way or another (except in the case of hyper-accurate positioning in RVSM airspace) - the issue is that the *airlines* seem to in some cases have misinterpreted the advances in technology and used them as an excuse to skimp on revision of basic airmanship. Given PJ2's excellent outlining of the trend towards managerialism as an end in itself, and the decline in industry specialisation at management level, I'd be prepared to wager a fair amount that if they hadn't used technology as an excuse, they'd have found something else.
Even then, that's just considering the reactions of this one crew (with a very distinct HF profile) - the 30-odd successful recoveries from the problem indicate that we're looking at an anomaly here.