It's two different planes with different operating philosophies... Stop arguing whether one of them is better. In either of them you should be trained for and know about the traps you can fall into, and in either of them you are not doing your job properly if a major thrust asymmetry goes unnoticed. Whether you don't pay attention to thrust levers that have moved or to engine instruments, you are not doing your job. If anything, autothrust is the danger as it brings out the lazy part in any pilot. Bring back manual thrust only, wohoo! /sarcasm