'Salt has a good point. It is all but impossible to avoid those subtle sideloads which result from handflying. The general public is very used to the comfort of autoflight. Every once and awhile I ride a major airline and the tail gets whipped around far more than the crew might realize.
In 20 years, autoflight will be linked to CAT IIIa autoland in all airliners and the point will be moot. They'll tug the plane to the runway and tug it back in and pilots will be called "Disengaged Remote Overseeing Nominal Employee, DRONE for short.
