This trend has been called some years ago already by many in the industry, i pledge guilty as well.
All have been shouted down from many sides, industry, airlines and automatic junkies. As the beancounters happily took their sides, it is cheaper to program than to select and train real pilots, they won, with the compliments of reigning greed.
Even if there is some awakening today, the battle is almost lost. The resulting children of the magenta are now chief pilots, trainers, aircraft developers, regulators and managers. They know nothing else and will stick to their mantra right to the end.
