Originally Posted by
tdracer
All I know is that I'd wouldn't want to be sitting in the back on a stormy night and the A/T was INOP, and the pilot flying hadn't done a manual thrust landing in a year...
A few years ago, someone made fun of me (in good nature) for the amount of raw data flying I did on departure and arrival. I told him I was trying to keep my skills sharp.
Not terribly long after that, I watched him struggle significantly when the automation failed him. There was nothing to laugh about that second time.