bomarc
so, why prior to this crash, hadn't that Airbus statement about retarding BOTH thrust levers been trained into every pilot?
If it were so well understood, why did they have to say it again? was there some room for misunderstanding in the aircraft manual?
All pilots are trained to retard all TLs on landing. It's rather a "given"... The Airbus goes one further with the "Retard" call due to it's non-moving TLs...
They had to say it again because it seemed to them obvious that this crew had not (as with the other) from the FDR. It is not the manual at fault, it is the "failure" (understandable IMHO) for the MEL advice not to select Rev to be understood in an HF way as leading to the chance the TL would remain in CLB.
It is incredulous to me, and no doubt many, that any pilot would leave the TL anywhere other than idle.
However, it seems they did, as have others with this MEL. We are therefore into Human Behaviour factors, and let's leave the trick cyclists to delve into this. Humans are complex and make mistakes - predictable which we train for - and unpredictable, as probably here.
As above, I think the door has been closed on this one now... shame the previous accident was not better / more quickly analysed / publicised.
NoD