Double Barrel..
”I suspect that the company policy is based on hard statistics showing that pilots make more errors than aircraft systems, and that fully understanding and using aircraft systems is the core of the job.”
That is certainly sometimes the case; one airline made full time use of auto throttle (A/T) on likes of the T7 mandatory and that decision was based on the stats…
The claim was the data showed using A/T tended to result in unsurprisingly tighter speed control on final and also less dispersion of touchdown points, all leading to less chance of a runway excursion. The risk of deskilling was recognized but the risk of an excursion was thought to be the bigger threat.