Sorry BEagle, usually agree with most of your posts but not this time.
At JFK, at night, for example, narrow taxi ways, badly lit etc. on a 747-400 I would rather my F/O was watching where he was going than giving me the old 'needle left, ball right' etc.! The system copes very well with any discrepancies. Only required in the SIM for an IR by some authorities.
Regarding map shift before getting airborne, hitting the TOGA buttons on the take off roll should cure that on a -400, other FMCs have a Position Update feature I believe?