Originally Posted by
pineteam
I don’t undestand why they don’t call “A/THR blue” during take off roll?
Is it to avoid an unnecessary rejected take off in case it’s not displayed?
You'd reject because Autothrust wasn't armed?
Your Takeoff brief must be fun.
My operator does not call colors at all. The bus can be so chatty during critical phases we regularly missed ATC instructions until callouts were curtailed. Other US operators did too.
Cross checking speed once is enough; we have a 100k call with an 80k
"Thrust Set". That serves as a prompt to reduce forward pressure, and release it at the 100k call..
Magenta over Blue, one Flight Director, 2. If it screams Retard in the Takeoff roll, TOGA :-)
Airbus were happy with how we fly during a recent audit; it's always fun to j/s on another carrier and see how differently Operators fly the same jet...