I have found most new pilots to have an aversion for manual flying, afraid to disconnect A/T and A/P in a timely manner.
The classic upset occurs when the automatics has an anomaly and when the new pilot then attempts to correct it by introducing more automatics. Often I have to tell the new pilot: "If the airplane is not doing what you want it to do, go manual momentarily and stabilize the flight path, put the airplane where you want it, then reengage the automatics. Don't wait until you're 300 feet over, or 20 knots slow, or 1 mile off your SID/STAR track, grab the wheel
now and correct."
