And time for the XAAs or ICAO to say "enough cost cutting already, it's getting dangerous"?
Perhaps, but it will take many committees, many lobbying voices from both sides and many years to conclude.
The change in attitude could happen tomorrow driven by individual airline managements. The 'pilot' members of those managements will need to flight their corner against the 'budget & profit brigade'. Given their historical performance of capitulating to share options and bonuses and thus relinquishing the reins of aviating culture within the airline I doubt it will happen. There are many who say they have not had a fatal problem (yet) with their auto-dependancy culture, so why change. Indeed there are some who have put manual flying even more in the dark cellar.