xcoote:
6. A quick shove of the autothrottles would have given them emergency power (or even more) if needed as the MD-82 has conventional (auto)throttles.
I might have missed something in more recent posts, but I think I read earlier that if the engine temperature probe was MEL for that flight, then autothrottles would be considered unserviceable and would have to be disabled.
Could someone with more MD knowledge than me confirm or deny that?
Much appreciated.