Originally Posted by
747-8driver
Weird, on the B747 those are the autothrottle disconnect switches...
And is quite the adjustment when coming from flying a 747 to the 75/76 I fly now.
As to the other discussions:
TOGA on Boeing...it is correct that 2000 FPM is commanded on the FIRST push of the TOGA switch...on some Boeing 74/75/76 (customer option) the SECOND push gets you MAX thrust. So the scenario that these were mistakenly pushed once and possibly twice might be a long shot given the system design and physical placement of the TOGA switches. NTSB said MAX thrust was recorded on the FDR. So one push doesn't make sense to me given what we know about the system.