Maybe, but for most of you puppets out there it will be with the flight director still on and on a flat calm clear day watched by the beady eye of P1.
"Oh I flew it without the autothrottles" whoopee do..
I think what's being said here is that half of the 200hr jet gods have never experienced (cut their teeth) in what it really can be like flying a complex aeroplane single pilot IFR/ night etc. No ILS no radar etc etc, you will never understand how challenging it can be until you experience it for real, memories of which, always provide for some good banter on the flight deck.
Flying airliners is most definitely boring and less challenging in comparison. The best flying I ever did for sure.
