Having flown both moving and fixed throttles/thrust levers, moving are by far superior.
The aircraft in question was smart enough to know it was on the ground, but it was not smart enough to realise that one engine was reversed the other was at climb. Maybe Airbus could at least change the logic so that in ground mode, once reverse is selected on one, the other thrust lever position is ignored and fwd idle is maximum thrust.
Clark Y,
Couldn't agree more. Auto-throttles are far superior, because you can
feel the aircraft, through their movement. They just give you another clue of what is going on and ATS don't. AI has suppressed that clue of auto-throttle movement to the pilots, as it has done also with the side-sticks. You have to look at your instruments to see engine response.