Well then that would have led to a lot of my problem. We were paired new hire with new hire, neither of us had prior 121 experience. Like I said, I was was told by an instructor that as pilot flying we've got to do as much as possible to make things easier for the pilot monitoring. Regardless, I still feel I should be able to effortlessly handfly and set up a flight director at the same time. So, I still gotta work to make that happen for myself.