Originally Posted by
172_driver
Do you need to have it written down? Just do it. (unless prohibited by the company)
Yes, written down, logged and checked, that is my whole point !
Then pilots will have to do it and prove they did it. That way we mandate manual flying. A small start, agreed, but it would foster an atmosphere of encouragement to keep one's skills sharp.
You might be one who does a fully manual approach every day, but trust me there are many who keep all the automatics in until past 1000' agl and then they wonder why their skills are rusty when they screw up even an ILS when they attempt it manually.