I agree. Thats true for the CRM, but I usually brief it. Also I brief that in departures without noise abatament, I dont reduce the thrust to CLB, unless the climb pitch is achieved, especially in high GW's.
True, precision flying is FD's only. But what I meant is to select a reasonable pitch and fly it. If the difference is big, slowly adjust. The point is not to chase the FD's. When gusty and windy its a mess to follow them manually. Better push the AP to do the job.
It is the same concept of flying the approach with autothrust off. I set the thrust at 53 percent with conf full, I leave it and see. I have flown many approaches without even adjusting the thrust.