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15th Jun 2008, 12:05

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cieloitaliano

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I notice that on a cockpit photo of a 737 taken at criuse altitude there was a lever below the throttles that appeared to be set to 'idle.'
Are the engines just 'ticking over' after TOC is achieved or, does 'idle' mean something else here?

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