Originally Posted by
stilton
Of course modern aircraft can still be flown manually, they are certified to do so, it is up to the individual operators and their pilots how much they want to encourage and practice this vital skill
It just depends on the environment you operate in. Mind you that when this book was published, they didn't have any of thte RNP AR and alike and I bet London and New York TMA were slightly less busy.
The aircraft I fly has a demonstrated RNP ability of 0.64nm for raw data using MAP display at 10nm range. You can't even handfly a normal RNAV approach like this.