Heard a story some time back about an ex-USMC Top Gun instructor flying the A320 in Oz who would turn everything off at 10000'. Everything - FDs, autopilot and autothrust. No matter what the weather. All approaches was exceptionally flown.
When asked if he flew like that on a line check he said that he did. When asked what did the check captain say he replied "Not a f@#$k'n thing".