Well then you are now discounting the majority of airlines in the world as many state in their procedures that the autopilot is recommended to be engaged at 500' AGL after take off and disconnected at 500' on final approach. Its strange though as when sim recurrency is due that hands on skills are diminished and the old saying of the only time I was on the localiser is when I shot through it becomes more prevalent......
It seems though that automation since it does in fact do a better job is taking our basic skills away from us.....and has nothing to do with us as pilots, but generally procedures laid down by our operators!!!!!
This is way off topic............but anyway!!!
