After flying several years on an Airbus and now going "back" to a conventional jet, I must say that I don't get used to moving throttles and yokes!
I'm not joking.
I agree that moving throttles give you a tactile feedback, but somehow this moving throttles are not reacting timely, sometimes the thrust is one click away from the desired position, and I basically have to override the thing (which most people do). So for me an autothrottle is not auto but rather a support - throttlesupport. Only Airbus has Autotrust, i.e. it's automatic.
Same valid for the sidestick. It's by far the most adequate way for pilots input. Ever seen a fighter jet or a glider plane with a yoke??
Finally I set up a theory that it's not the Airbus way that gives pilots a problem, it's the habit of pilots, because they learned it the other way. If every aircraft would be like an Airbus, nobody would have a problem.
Dani