Originally Posted by
Icarus2001
Where do you get that idea? My company requires (in the OM) that crews will take full advantage of "the toys" to the appropriate level of automation for the situation.
A Big Airline in the Uk has SOPs that mandate full time Auto Thrust on all types except B744, at any time ,during route flying.
Manual handling is usually defined as manual control of flight path and speed. So on B777/787 all Airbus A320/380 varieties, no manual handling practice is allowed at all, except every 6 months in the Sim!