Centaurus!
You have hit the nail on the head!
My company mandates the use of auto brakes on every landing regardless of how long the runway is or how heavy/light you are. Drives me nuts!
Landed at a midwest hub one night, and the copilot had never not used auto brakes or reverse. I'm like, hey lets use full flaps, no auto brakes and no reverse, its long and dry. OMG, you could feel the lack of air in the cockpit as it was all sucked up his sphincter.
Afterwards as he relaxed a little, he said something like, " Whats the big deal? We didn't need any brakes until well after 80 knots.
Thats the dumbing down of pilots........ Don't teach them anything except what the company wants to see.