There is a lot of technical detail about 'automatic carrier landings' that could be extracted but I doubt the 'doubters' want to read it. Both the Super Hornet and F-35C have a version of the "MAGIC CARPET" (now known under different acronyms respectively). This automation reduces FCLP & CQ requirements because even NUGGET pilots do well when it is enabled. Super Hornet nuggets apparently don't use it all the time - or initially - so that they are well practiced in manual landings before going 'auto'; so that IF auto fails they can revert to manual, so to speak. I have not read that F-35C nuggets use 'manual' but perhaps they do during FCLP. When F-35C nuggets use 'auto' for DLs they have excellent nugget results.