What scares me about that video is something he says right at the end. Not quite verbatim but close:
"When you turn off the autopilot also turn off the autothrottle so that you maintain the skill to, when the day comes that you need to, confidently and proficiently fly the aircraft in all circumstances."
He is suggesting that AA airline pilots are taking to the air without the confidence and proficiency to fly the aircraft! I never feel comfortable as a passenger in an airliner and this makes me even more nervous. I'm not a commercial pilot.
(Sorry for the thread drift.)