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Short Approach?
The approaching aircraft performed a visusal app, using auto-throttle and armed the auto-pilot to intercept ILS 22L. This caused the engines to spool up, and the aircraft commenced a climb as auto-pilot captured the glidepath inside 4 NM. 737-drivers: Is this "how to do it)?
from the link above
3.1.9
The 737 Flight Crew Training Manual (FCTM), Reference C, page 2.8, states: “when in manual flight, manual thrust control is recommended”. The approach was flown using autothrottle while in manual flight, contrary to the FCTM recommendation