I am by no means advocating astronautical training with upsets and so on, but I am no longer sure if more automation, more techniques trained in the sim, even more sops (that mainly please managers and regulators) will help mitigating the reduced experience and hands on training. There must be a better balance than what appears lately.
Totally agree Glofish, with your post in general, but at what point were you sure that more automation, more techniques trained in the sim, even more sops were good?