yep, most of it is automated, yet - I ended up with some manual authorization on Porto Santo, for which I didn't have time to wait anyway, so I gave up on that and flew only outside of the IFCN's zone, where I had required authorizations (I...
They won't tell you that, you have to do it on your own. You need to get approval from Funchal captaincy (via mail) and IFCN (submit via Simplifica, most of them are approved automatically, but bear in mind, that some are manually checked).