I fly the 757/767 for a living. What I see from many comments on PPrune when it comes to this sort of thread is a lack of airmanship and initiative, remarks along the lines "we fly big jets so the only safe path is to follow the SID/STAR, etc". What is wrong with going visual, day or night?
We get paid to fly the aircraft efficiently, not just to follow a magenta line, fiddling with knobs and switches whilst the Autopilot does the flying.
Personally, on most visual approaches I switch everything off, Autpilot, Auto Throttle and FD's. FLY the aeroplane, don't let it fly you. It's also very satisfying!