I am raising this point of view to stimulate disussion on CAAP issues as this relates to a current controvesy about this in another eunrelated topic. I do not comment on the pilot's actions as I have not been there myself, and I have a lot of sympathy for AOTW's point.
One of the motivators qouted for the pilot to climb instead of roll the throttle off was the platform size and position. Did it comply to CAAP 92-2? Is that a requirement for charter ops as "best practice", and do you need a sound reason for deviating from these standards: for example....like you do for fuel reserves in another CAAP.
Would a CAAP 92-2 standard HLS allowed the pilot sufficient room to carry out the throttle chop? Should we have to justify divergence from a published professional advice of best practice?