Define fun?
Yes the airline job has changed and will continue to change.
The modern airline operation in Europe is largely autopilot on ASAP, follow the SID, airway, STAR to an ILS. Autopilot off at the last minute. There are variations but that's largely it for most operations. Very SOP which is a good thing too.
I am fortunate in that I am not an airline pilot, but a biz jet pilot and while there's a lot of the above, there's also hand flown approaches into London City, visual approaches in the mountain airports and a lot more freedom to run the aircraft + great interaction with our passengers. Yes, we have a lot of SOPs and they help manage the day nicely. We are encouraged to hand fly empty sectors (usually the take off and approach and landing phases) to keep our manual skills sharp. I have on more than 1 occasion had to hand fly the whole flight.
