I've always been surprised at how low the experience required levels are for Co-pilots all over the world
We used to get them with a bare CPL and a copilot instrument rating, so in the order of 200 hours. As I've mentioned previously we were a VFR operation (wink, wink) and copilots were inclined to automatically plug in george whenever able. I was regarded as something of an a...hole because I'd punch it off and make them hand fly.
Should you wander over to Tech Log you'll find much discussion on hand flying skills v use of george - outcome of the San Francisco 777 accident and incident and others. Has long been a source of discussion among airline crews, and how sim training, as it's currently used, does not enhance manual skills.