Originally Posted by
giggitygiggity
Obviously we should all be familiar with manual thrust and capable of employing it whenever desired or required. But as a blanket policy, forcing pilots to pretend that auto thrust is only to be used in the case of an automatic landing is short-sighted. Where does your company draw the line? I assume it’s FACs off passing 100ft?
So, are you familiar and capable flying with manual thrust? I think it's much easier flying a heavy abnormal when you are already used to flying with manual thrust, as you can focus on the real problems.
I think I just don't comment on your last sentence
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