First things first, some of us are not allowed to do any "practice" with fare paying passengers, its written into our Ops manuals…so we don't have the choice.
That is not to say hand flying isn't allowed, merely that it should be carried out in an operational setting that is appropriate.
To all those that roll their eyes and thump their chests ought to try flying for 14hrs across 10 time zones..and then figure out if a no FD/AT hand flown approach is a sensible thing to do..
For those who think its easy for the PNF when the other guy is poling it about…try launching out of Moscow, Beijing, LHR, or half a hundred other complex airports and watch the PNF slowing lose the plot.
I will quite happily hand fly out of LAX, JFK, SFO as ATC have a sensible "fly runway hdg…climb 8000' " mentality.
The tough guy mentality has NO place in transport airplanes, yes you do what needs to be done (including visual approaches, manual flight etc) but the reality is that if you don't use a skill you lose it, my operator has instituted manual flying sims into the training syllabus.