Originally Posted by
Uplinker
Oh FFS. The Airbus FBW thrust lever system works perfectly and intuitively. Way better than the Boeing moving lever system. (And, yes, I am type rated on, and have flown both).
You should look at the speed trend arrow on the PFD and the engine N1/EPR gauges anyway, so moving thrust levers tell you very little extra and add complications with TOGA etc.
When you look at the speed trend arrow on the PFD, what do you then do with this information? Make a thrust adjustment? Oh wait it's so "perfect and intuitive" that too many people were screwing it up and it was banned:
We used to be allowed to use 'phase advance'; where a little push or pull on the thrust levers would correct a "slow" auto-thrust, but presumably too many pilots did not fully understand the sequence and cocked it up and got into difficulties, so it was withdrawn.
What, actually, do moving thrust levers tell you that the Airbus FBW family doesn't?
Asked and answered already - the thrust command without taking your eyes off the outside world. The less necessity for this, the better the design.
Ope, I also see that this is a few years old now.