Unforturnately real pilots are retiring now.
Not quite yet Bubbers, you're going to have to wait at least 16 more years before you get rid of someone who has looked out left in the base turn at TGU to see if black or red beans was being served for lunch, has been dispatched to a VOR and then see if it was VFR to land (no operating approaches), has done NDB to minimums with a circle to land and two runway changes at at a 8500' airport
in a wide body, pulled the power to idle at FL350 and energy managed with a beautiful pass down 7 mile beach until finally adding power to stabilize on the glide path at 1000 afl ( any legal sedatives for you automation lovers reading this? ), and also doing the same with a 777 with the FD, AP or AT.
There is a problem maintaining VFR bfm skills with many wide body crews. Many obviously operate only to places like LHR, JFK or NRT where hand flying is basically very tough to practice safely outside short final. Despite my rant above, I surely never practiced hand flying in the hold at Ockham after being awake all night with a Speedbird heavy above and a Virgin heavy below.
Dunno what the course of action should be in the future,but the status quo much be changed.