RAT5 you are not in touch with reality. They very much do. There are eight sessions before the AB type rating in which they mostly fly without FDs including departures and arrivals and approaches. There is no ATHR in that entire phase.
I am forced to teach a TR syllabus for a Boeing designed by the host airline. In only 6 FFS sessions there is a max of 30 mins manual flying and the only non-FD flying is 3 raw data ILS. That is the reality which I argue against. However, after banging my head against the wall for years I've decided the continuous head-ache is not worth it.