Well, most of my fellow countrymen at my current airline don't use the F/D at all. Whenever possible, we fly our departures completely raw data up to cruising level, whereafter we will put the F/S's on, followed by the A/P. The same goes for our Approaches. F/D off on TOD. Obviously only when weather conditions allow.
The F/D is actually quite a useless thingie!
And yes, I'm Belgian...