As a commercial pilot, I've gotta chime in here. First, anyone sitting in the front of a large jet can fly it, land it, etc.. without any "auto" assistance. You don't just train in a simulator (although you do a lot of sim time). That's not to say that heavy jets don't have lots of computers helping with flight management, but anyone with an ATP (the license required for that kind of work) can fly the aircraft by looking out the windows and using the controls.