A & C. I agree with your sentiments. The airline managers have the idea that pilots do not need these skills. A/C are very redundant reliable, loads of back ups. The A/P's are more capable, ATC radar is more prevalent as are ILS's. Manual skills are not required as much as they were. Then there are days like this. It is not uncommon for storms to affect huge areas and all airfields are influenced by the winds and weather.
First you need the thinking/planning/command process before you take to the skies: then you need the continuation of that process as events unfold and Plan B-C-D come into play. Finally you need the skills to handle conditions that are outside the A/P capabilities.
If all these are not in place with all your crews then you are defrauding the pax and their expectations.