Relevant points, JFW.
My intention to hand fly the short sector was indeed part of my briefing - makes you wonder how much sank in at the time, though, with the nature of the question at the end.
The F/O was given the opportunity on the next several sectors but declined.
To help Slezy9 understand - the context of the question wasn't so much as why I hand flew it but why didn't I use the automatics because they were available.
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