Desperate for a good airliner

No there isn’t and there never will be. All Long range Airliners use an FMC/MCDU and the Auto pilot. If that’s not your thing then you are out of luck, or wait for vintage Airliners, but I doubt you will get the range.

Please remember on a flight of say 13 hours the pilot hand flies for about 3mins if they are lucky! That’s how it is and how it has been for a long time!

Try doing a ferry flight in the C152 from KVNY to KTEB or something. The Default airliners are not worth flying, wait till a proper 747 comes out, then you will see.