I think what you are trying to say is that.... judgement applies. Anytime somebody is inside the rotor arc, there should be a set of paws on the sticks. However, to say taking your hands off of the controls is always a bad thing is just not true. You would hate the Cobra. During arm/dearm, control surfaces are separated between pilots (One braces cyclic w/ knees, one has pedals with ordies inside the arc) and I routinely take my hands off the sticks to shorthand 9 lines/sit updates, switch armament selections, troubleshoot systems on the fly, throw grids in the Nav system, switch lighting, and at 15-20 degrees nose up before I lower the nose onto a target, I take my hand off of the collective to turn the master arm on.
There's a balance, but being overly conservative does not always translate well to the fleet. HOCAS is also pretty fucking sweet tool if you got it.