I think we are beginning to see a trend that has long been predicted by us greybeards and ignored by bean counters in all walks of aviation. A GAPAN working group of the Education and Training cttee warned of it in a long and comprehensive report. One of the issues discussed was that, with the increasing use and dependence on automatics, when they fail or ( more likely) are misused, the ensuing pilot intervention requires a more highly skilled hand than would have been the case in the past simply because that skill will have been degraded by long term lack of practice. Current policies ensure that that skill will be unavailable.