Emirates Airline pretty much mandates the use of auto throttles at time by the words in their OM-A: Thou shalt use the highest level of automation at all times.

You guys not flying for Middle East airlines don't know one extra burden of not hand flying. First, they are made to engage the A/P below 10,000 ft for each dept and not disconnect until below 10,000 ft.

The punitive culture at Emirates (from which I left 1 year ago after 8 years with them) is such that if you screw up a SID, STAR, VNAV or didn't put the landing flaps down by 1500 AGL, you received a visit to the chief pilots office and the possibility of a warning letter.

When time comes to upgrade, unlike in US and European legacy carriers, it' NOT based on seniority. They look at things like how many days sick leave did this FO take, and how many (if any) warning letters did he receive, and whether his grades on his PPC (annual recurrent) were stronger than aver who for 1 hour will grill the FO with questions and hypothetical situations and knowledge level of the FCOM and OM-A.

So.... the point here is that if you want to upgrade at a place like Emirates, you need to play THEIR game... and that game is USE THE AUTOMATION TO THE MAX EXTENT.

We all complained about this but to no avail. EK wants robots in their cockpits.

This is a prime example and good reason the accident happened in Dubai a few weeks ago. The crew still had 2500 meters to stop the aircraft but because the rule there is to go around if you get the RAAS "Long Landing" callout, that's what the crew did.... all to the specific rules of EK. And look at the result.

Kap
Ex Emirates Robot