I'm rather appalled at our airlines lack of hand flying today.
How are you measuring the rate and duration of hand flying vs. use of auto pilot? Do you have access to FOQA data?
Very few of the F/O's I fly with fly the airplane at all. Autopilot on at 3000 feet and off at 200-500 feet. Not sure why?
Because it's within the confines of the FOM and the AFM.
If you've taken the latest MV and LOE you'll see that the traning departments concerned as well with the latest "back to basics" approach.
Hmmm, are they making us do the hand flown engine out departure out of Quito and single engine app. to missed, raw data now? Geez....back to basics eh?