Have to side with Blue Eagle and Capt. Stable on this one. Having watched from the jumpseat as a captain handflew the aircraft from cruise alttitude to landing, going into LHR, I was struck by two things. Firstly the accuracy of heading, speed and altitude was way below autopilot standards, and secondly the PNF was out of the loop for large parts of the approach, as his arms flew around the cockpit setting up headings,v/s, new radio frequencies etc.
This will become an ever increasing problem in the future as the pilots who were brought up with no flight directors, and Mickey Mouse autopilots retire,coupled with more and better automatics, which further errode flying skills.
The problem is exacerbated when the airline only flies wide-body long haul aircraft. The copilot only gets one leg in three, if he is lucky, and problems usually occur in the last two hundred feet, when it comes to planting the thing on the ground.