Originally Posted by
Smooth Airperator
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.
Well, that's verbatim from our FCOM... the other relevant bit of information is that it also states that the CPT should be guarding the thrust levers from the moment TOGA is pushed. Generally with most of the CPTs I fly with, they just give you a light tap on the back of the hand when they want the levers, which is right after they say thrust set.
As mentioned above, in a 737 TOGA thrust will be achieved well before 80 kts. From the top of my head I'd say the longest you're holding onto the thrust levers is maybe 5 seconds, and even that would be an age.
To me it would seem a bit strange to do it the Airbus way... "any time before 80kts"? Why not call it as soon as its set? Is there a specific feature of how the engine spools up that makes sense to do it that way? Or is it more that if take-off thrust has not been set by 80kts you should reject the takeoff?