That's a little more agreeable to me. Below 1000, there's barely any flying left to do. No power changes, no trim changes (due to flaps or otherwise), no airspeed changes, no vertical speed or altitude captures, no course or glideslope intercepts, no heading changes... no nothing. You're just handed a steady state condition and have to maintain it.
If we're talking about that being the hand-flying envelope to increase to, that's truly pathetic. This is not a slam on you, but on the situation that has led to you saying that. That's why I thought you accidentally inverted the above/below in your previous post. Some are concerned about the prospect of riding on pilotless airplanes, but don't realize that we already are.