Well done helimutt - I couldn't remember where I had seen that clip - it is certainly very pertinent.
About 15 years ago, my parents' next door neighbour who was a recently retired senior training captain on 747s with BA, told me a number of his colleagues had taken to hiring light twins (no, not the cheeky girls) in their own time as they had so little hands on time in the 747, they were seriously concerned at their ability to hand fly the aircraft was waning quickly.