Originally Posted by
MightyGem
Which could be why Air Asia and Air France aircraft ended up in the sea for no reason other than the crew couldn't fly the aircraft in manual.
Yes it's funny, there were never any accidents when aircraft had to be flown exclusively manually.
Anyway sarcasm aside retaining relevant manual skills is important, but no more important than good management of automation which in general stops you getting into a situation where your superior manual handling skills are required.