Mary, you are absolutely right. Soon and even to a degree now experienced pilots are going away with retirements. Some of the new people have not learned hand flying as in the past. AF proved it and we just have to wait a while for the next one.
If the autopilot failed it used to be a non event in the past, now it is an event. We probably will only get entry level pilots now but at least if they increase the FO requirements as they plan or did maybe that will help a little. Flying automatic airplanes doesn't make you an experienced pilot, just a monitor of an autopilot.