Are you seriously suggesting that you would hand fly a night approach to CAT 1 limits in a 30 knot crosswind when you have an autopilot or three available?
No of course not. And I do not recall saying that either. But if needed, a competent airline pilot should be able to hand fly under those conditions without raising a sweat. But, as the venerable D.P Davies said in that fine book "Handling the Big Jets". Quote:
"Finally do not become lazy in your professional lives. The autopilot is a great comfort, so are the flight director and the approach coupler. But do not get into a position where you need these devices to complete the flight. Keep in practice in raw ILS particularly in crosswinds. Keep in practice in hand-flying the aeroplane at altitude and in making purely visual approaches."
Captain Davies wrote that over 44 years ago when Boeing 707's were in vogue. His advice was considered priceless then and is priceless now to this day.
About that book if you have not read it before, note the review by IFALPA which among other things said "......can truly be described as the best of its kind in the world.....we can recall no book which bears so directly on the pilots problem as does Handling the Big Jets....Written by a test pilot for airline pilots the book is likely to become a standard textbook.. I would strongly recommend the book to all airline pilots who fly jets, or who will be flying jets in the future" Unquote