[Originally Posted by Check Airman
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I'm fairly new to the type, but wish Airbus would drop the FMA callouts. I don't see how it accomplishes much.[/QUOTE]
The point is, what is displayed on the FMA is what the computers are actually doing - an output. What is on the FCP is what they have been asked to do - an input. The two are not necessarily the same. Calling and confirming the FMA is a way of ensuring the aircraft will do what you have asked and also of keeping the other pilot in the loop and catching errors and incapacitation.