I take my hand off at V1 then let the AT look after them for most of the rest of the flight.
If I don't like what the AT is doing at any point, I have the option of manually overriding it as the thrust levers are still there between the flap handle and the speedbrake lever, not wandering around the cockpit or hiding themselves in the toilet...
I am somewhat bemused by those who hold the TLs and control yoke in a sort of Vulcan death-grip, even when the AP & AT are both engaged and have been for the last five minutes! What do they think they are achieving? (Apart from annoying the NHP who ends up doing all the MCP selections and radio calls whilst the HP does...?)