Originally Posted by
rotorspeed
And other opinion including the "children of Magenta" video from Helimutt that advocates selective use of less automation and more hand flying.
The key point of the video is that automation is there to reduce workload (and therefore leave more time for "big picture etc.). Any time its not doing that is the time to drop down at least one level of automation. I doubt anyone on here would disagree with that concept.