TorqueWrench
Part of the problem is that some ( repeat SOME )captains are so insecure in their own levels of experience that they are unwilling to let their colleagues handle the aircraft
Dead right about that. Even the first officer asking if he can turn off his own flight director in CAVOK is enough to elicit shivers of fright among SOME captains...and to actually request to hand fly an VMC ILS is tantamount to suicide. Worse still, this strange apprehension against anything apart from full automatics is seen in the simulator as well. The blame for this can be squarely sheeted home to the check captains and simulator instructors who should know better.