Many of the newer generation would be hard pressed to hand fly today. In the old days pre glass clockwork on the -200 I had my hands full (and my brain) but nowadays glass and automation have sadly declined skills considerably.
As for 447, case in point, everything from basic flying skills to CRM fell apart before our very eyes. More worrying than the loss of the hull and lives should be the insight into training gaps that were succinctly distilled into a few minutes.