Noblues
Sorry to butt in .....
I couldn't let your comment about our operation go uncorrected for those reading about BA. As a 757/767 Captain I fly all departures manually up to around FL200 or until boredom makes me engage the right auto-pilot. Most arrivals in CAT 1 are flown manually when I am PF and if it's my leg and traffic permits I will rip off one of my expiditous visual approaches. The same goes for the majority of our F/O's (which fleet are you on?) I have seen a number of manually flown raw data arrivals recently and all I can say is they were all very impressive!!
For all would-be BA pilots I must emphasise that a lot of what you here about BA is false. This is the best airline I have ever worked for and most of the crews are really nice people. With 3500 pilots there will be the odd one who can be difficult but they are the exception. And sometimes you get lucky on a nightstop.........