Right on, 411A (#2473)
If you have the capability, "Don't leave home without one"
If you don't have that capability, initially, wish you did, then by all means use the automatics, BUT DON'T trust it an inch!
The automatics are both dumb and unreliable...
..unreliable, as per the many posts here highlighting the out-of-the-blue failures,
..dumb, an example being if your airline has you setting the A/T switch to ARMED (B737) during the pre-start checks, and either pilot accidentally just touches either TOGA switch during engine start or pushback, both engines will immediately go to the selected takeoff power setting...quite quickly!
BTW..we set the A/T switch to ARMED on approaching the departure runway.
Cheers...FD...
