No he/she is not full of it. I hand flew lear 20's for over 5 years. Living on a pager. Flying time critical cargo. If you were lucky, the autopilot would hold altitude for awhile. Most of the time it didn't. Every airline pilot should be able to do the same in the equiptment they are flying. I am not suggesting this captain made a bad decision. On the contrary. If he/she is not comfortable. Then the Captain made the right choice in refusing the flight. The problem here is that Airlines are allowed to hire LOW time LOW EXPERIENCE pilots to fly under a Flag carrier name. I suggest you tune into PBS on Feb 9th at 21:00.