Positive G,
The manual I am familiar with tells me that I should use automation whenever it is available to improve safety...! So what are you trying to say?
Don't tell me that hand flying is now safer?
I hope you are not "in command" of a jet as you appear to have a poor understanding of an issue about which you should be very much aware. It's called automation dependency.
I suggest you have a good read about almost every jet accident in the last few years. There is a common thread, and that is loss of aircraft control by the crew because allegedly they couldn't fly the aeroplane when the automatics played up or had given up.
While your "manual" is correct when it says "use automation whenever it is available to improve safety", that is merely a motherhood and brotherhood statement. If the automation
is working correctly, it is the safest option. But when it is not,
you must be able to fly with your bare hands...safely. That is what this topic is all about.