Almost never mentioned is the prescence of a full authority FBW type system on all modern large transports and many small ones - the FADEC. This has absolute authority over the thrust you can get from the engine - you'll never be able to firewall a FADEC engine.
I have a similar device on my 1964 Twin Comanche. When I push the blue levers forward, the RPMs are limited to 2700 RPM. If only the damned designers would let me take the RPMs to 2900 RPM, I could get a bit more power out of the engines for a short while in an emergency situation, even though it would break them in the long term.
Of course it's kind of useful to be able to push the blue levers to the stops and not worry about keeping the RPMs below the redline manually.
Still, I'm concerned that this disconnect between me and the aircraft I'm flying breaches my fundamental rights of freedom as a pilot. What do you think?
