we are pilot, so we fly the a/c, anybody unable to do visual, or that doesn t know his pitch attitude, scan, attitude vs distance and visual reference should consider himself unfit to fly.
CFIT is a great threat on the industry but now we have cavok CFIT or CFIT marginally avoid...i give you a advice
look outside what s going on, so easy. I recently had to recover situation because FO doesn t look outside.
no children of magenta, no FD monkeys, fly the a/c everything off every time wx, workload permits on SID, STAR ETC... then the day you will really need it, you will be confident on your skills
if the other pilot say than A/P will do a better job than you... may be but you can tell him that it doesn t mean you are doing a good and safe job.
what will think passengers our passengers if they know thate pratically the pilots at the front don t know how to fly the a/c.
it is everyday challenge to all of us to force us to challenge our hand flying skills, if you don t practice you losose your skills
a pilot is a pilot, it s what we are, it s what we like , let s keep it like this
and please look outside check inside when you are visual