My current airline suffers from the religious use of automation.
It trains it's national pilots from scratch and they plug in the AP at the minimum allowable altitude to late on approach. FD all the way.Managed thrust, you would think that this is the only type available.
Result: Can't fly manual thrust or raw data approaches.
Practice Practice.
A good trick with Airbus autothrust ,that is slow to respond in turbulent conditions on approach, is to move the thrust levers just out of the CRZ detent and back in as the speed reduces to below the Vapp speed to an amount that you find uncomfortable. This causes the engines to begin to spool up earlier than they would if you did nothing.