It's company policy here to do them, but many in Canada use power-on recoveries instead (and even they cause problems with torque spikes if you're not careful).
Mind you, they tend to do them to hard standing so you don't hit gopher holes (doing it to runways was definitely a walk on the wild side in UK in the 80s!).
While we're nearly on the subject, what's the thinking on closing the throttle in the event of a real engine failure? I was taught to secure the engine (assuming you checked and it isn't running), but some companies here say to keep it open just in case you get a little help from it and so you don't compound one emergency with another. Now, the thing flies differently in a real auto, and my preference is for the former (i.e. shut, assuming you get the practice) - any thoughts?
Phil
[This message has been edited by paco (edited 15 May 2001).]
[This message has been edited by paco (edited 15 May 2001).]