Originally Posted by
richpea
I'm right seat on the 737 so its perhaps a bit different to the A320 seeing as we don't have a detent to go to, but for me its when the CPT as PM says take-off thrust set is when he is going to take control of the lever, that's in our FCOM: "After takeoff thrust is set the Captain's hand must be on the thrust levers until V1".
I'm not sure about that. For Airbus aircraft, the phrase "Thrust set" is meant to be called out anytime
before reaching 80 knots, as specified in the FCOM. My company guidelines specify the call between 60-80 knots. This means the callout could potentially be made well after takeoff thrust is
actually set. In your case, doing what you do on the Boeing translated into Airbus speak would mean that the FO would be justified keeping their hands on the thrust levers for up to 10 seconds after moving the levers.
The point I'm making here is that it's the low speed/high power regime that is the most difficult to recover from. You're not giving the Captain enough time to be prepared for that if you're not relinquishing control of the levers sooner than the "Thrust set" call out.