Kefuddle, essentially yes. I prefer to avoid ‘CRM’ as it consists of many aspects, like airmanship, and there are few universal definitions of these; and if there is, the application varies.
Latetonight, well taught IFR instrument flight will contain many these aspects, but overall it’s the application of skills in managing a wide range of situations which appears to be deficient.
Previously many of the required skills were attained by experience; they are tacit knowledge which comes with time, exposure, and example. Modern operations severely restrict these opportunities and there might be false belief that the skills can be taught with more of this or that.
Applying the basics of these skills during automatic flight might sharpen up some of them, but only if they are there in the first palace … …