Jakob, one thing about Europe is they have these very strict noise abatement departures. I used to do them out of Cologne. It's easier to fly them with the automation and, I believe I read something a while back that the company wants them flown using the automation.

If you were in the habit of doing that day in, day out, I can see where a guy would come to think "that's just how airliners should be flown".

I remember that Germany doesn't allow visual approaches, either.