A/thrust on gusty APP
Performance on the A319: a lousy 3/10!
Overal Iīm NOT impressed with the Airbus Auto Thrust!
Even on a relatively calm but sunny day (with a bit of thermal up/downdrafts) it lets the speed drop below Vref and even into the orange Vls range before it wakes up and shoves a shed load of thrust to compensate. Sure, above 100ī RA you can quickly click the TLīs into the MCT detent and right back again, but thatīs a bit too drastic in most cases.
Moving thrustlevers (ala Boeing) would have been a LOT better as you can then override and īhelpī the A/T deal with a little gust or a bit of thermal.
Better yet: switch the stupid thing off, but unfortunately that leaves you in a bit of a grey area with some SOPīs.