BOAC:
The thrust "ordered" in the TAM incident appears to have been CLB. I know you and a significant number of pilots distrust automation, but for the most part it really is there to help.
bubbers44:
The computer was never "confused", it did exactly as the pilots ordered it to do. From the time of A/THR disengage, the aircraft did exactly as it was designed to do with the configuration it was in.