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The opposite actually
They will take off under manual control, auto pilot gets switched on when the gear is up.
And they land manually unless the visibility is down to minimums. (Auto pilot...

I thought this issue had be rectified on the 737NG? This is a 500 series so the pickle fork issue was not an issue with this aircraft.
The 737 has had numerous issues throughout its production life ...

That has been taken out of service. (They only have 1)