No doubt any pilot should have the skill to manage EFATO without auto pilot. It is not a great skill in A320. Those who flew any non FBW airliner would know it. But you don't hone your skills in actual abnormal situation. It is like practicing raw data ILS in poor visbility. In abnormal situation you must use optimum automation. A survey of training in sim has revealed that with modernisation many regulatory manuevres are handled well by pilots, therefore they are now evolving EBT i.e. evidence based training where the routine exercises would be replaced with more contemporary mauevres.
Last edited by vilas; 21st Apr 2013 at 11:11.