I'm still focused on the girl I would choose
Agreed. Someone would go for personality, some would go for looks, some would go for body.
Flying requires a balance of various skills. Outstanding strength in one area is nice but unsatisfactory in any area is unacceptable.
Kind of like life.
Here's an opinon from 23+ yrs/12,500+ hrs of FMC use - the guys who complain about the automation and resort to immediate manual operations often show how poor their manual skills are at the same time. Ergo, it wasn't necessarily the automations fault. Automation's not perfect, stay ahead of it and monitor it.