To the Hand-Fly vs Automation brigade...
It's all well and good standing up there on your high horse demanding pilots grow balls and hand-fly the plane!
The reality is, and has been said before, a vast majority of airlines insist on the use of automation as much as possible. It is written onto the manuals, and hence becomes
company law.
If you decide one day to have a bit of a fly, and bust an altitude, or a limit etc., you have no come back!
With your position or career on the line, why would you risk it!
If you want to have a fly, much more fun in a
lightie! 