I like to handfly, but at times it is so much easier to let the automatics do the hard work.
I don't fly air transport anymore, besides my wings rotate over the top of the fuselage, but in my air transport days there was always an emphasis on handflying proficiency, as wel as the need to know how to use the automatices.
However, automatics took second place; when in doubt everybody could handfly the machines with precision and not be fooled by the automation. But those who understood the automatics knew how to offload themselves in times of high workload and got the best of both worlds.
Situation awareness is the key.
Hope this helps.