Well you should be sorry.. Modern aircraft are flown on autopilot throughout near the whole flight regime. There have also been autolanding systems in effect since the Lockheed L1011 in the early '70s.
The loss of that Air France flight over the Atlantic was due to the pitot tubes failing, which caused the autopilot to read the flight situation incorrectly and when the pilots took over, they made very poor decisions and destroyed the airplane and everyone in it.
The "thousands of decisions" pilots make are inputting waypoints into the navigation system, various radio calls when required, and whether their coffee should have cream and sugar or not.
Wasn't there a recent transatlantic flight where the flight crew fell asleep through most of it? Proves my point, doesn't it?
I would guess that it might take some time for an older pilot to get used to, and I would certainly appreciate a VERY well tested system. Robust and redundant are two words that come to mind.
As for getting rid of pilots; I would say from a passenger perspective, we are not quite ready for that. Thank God!
You are talking to a 30-year airline pilot. You have no clue.