As a 1200hr Microlight PPL with some 1500 landings under my belt I read this thread with some concern. Obviously if traffic and WX require use of the automatics then O.K, but as has already been said if you can't hand fly the plane in fine conditions then why are you doing the job? Not so long ago I used to see Air Europa 737's doing visual circuits to land at Norwich which wouldn't disgrace a C150 driver. I guess they spend much of their time visiting airfields with little or no nav/radar facilities, so this is second nature. If I was SLF on a flight experiencing real difficulties guess who I would rather have at the pointy end?