I came from Emirates a few years ago. Their automation policy was one of being a robot: "maximum use of automation...". That meant not being able to hand fly above 10,000 ft... ever! Autopilot shall be used above 10,000ft.
They are trained to become robots without thinking too much. Not even looking at the synoptic when you had an EICAS message to see what was really going on. Simply told to follow the checklist in it's entirety. Be a robot... don't think.
So glad I left that slave ship operation with their 100 hours a month crossing more time zones in a month than all other airlines do in a year!
Other than that, it was a great gig! :-)
Kap