Originally Posted by GlueBall
Even during CAT-IIIB autoland, the pilot flying must keep his hand on all thrust levers, not only for the purpose of selecting reverse thrust, but to ensure that all thrust levers are in fact moved to idle detent upon touchdown.
Just another case scenario ... This time thrust is automatically reduced even if both thrust levers are inadvertently forgotten in the climb detent.
Too many combinations, different circumstances different logic … but digest all of them !
This bizarre, elementary breakdown of human performance could be due to lack of training, lack of work discipline, lack of common sense, lack of survival instinct, or temporary insanity.
It would be over simplistic to blame the TAM accident on Airbus shoulders, but still, how does it seem recurrent for Airbus pilots to leave one thrust lever in the climb detent when one thrust reverser is deactivated, when other types look pretty immune to that scenario ?