Why is being able to fly a V/S approach supposed to be anything other than one of the most basic skills that a commercial pilot should have?
If you can't do a NP approach manually on the standby instruments on a rubbish night into a dodgy field, then go and practice please. I might be down the back one day and if you have to have a debate about this, then I'd rather know in advance so I can book with another carrier.
Seriously, how is this even being mentioned? Never have I been so glad of my first job being on a shonky old turboprob with naff all kit that forced you to learn the basic hand-flying skills that having read this thread could be missing in some people.