less than 500 ft unsafe because you now lack the confidence in your residual skill.
Sorry, I haven't read any posts that indicated that anyone lacks of confidence to buzz some airport, many of us do uphold the responsibility to use common sense and follow regs, etc.
Is it time for the regulatory authorities to stop the rot by mandating minimal hand flying skills?
Regulatory authorities must be there to protect the flying public, with the new advanced automation and experience levels plummeting there is no easy solution to maintain hand flying skills, in our training sessions we have little to no time for hand flying, most time utilized for the abnormals.