"Flying an MCC on the autopilot is a waste of time. You should get some time flying manually and getting an appreciation of pitch & power = performance. You don't get that with the autopilot engaged."
The above is NOT what an MCC is designed for! It is not designed to teach you how to fly a particular aircraft, it is for teaching you how to work TOGETHER as an airline crew, and as most airline flying now is by using autopilot, FMC, etc experience of hand flying is generally irrelevant. All that is required is initial rotation and climb and last few hundred feet on finals.
If you are getting a lot of time flying manually and getting an appreciation of pitch and power etc then the MCC instructors are NOT doing their job properly.