Regarding some earlier post about the auto throttle i would just like to mention the fact that i have experieced on 737-800 aircrafts how the auto throttle "clicks out". The so called "auto throttle arm switch" leaves its armed postion and goes to off. It does this without any warning. If this would happen during an ILS app while reducing speed, it might well go unnoticed and lead to a stall
No,this is just not correct.
If the localizer was captured above the path,the pilot(or trainee) may have not been able to program the automatics for a recapture.Perhaps then they took alll the automatics out.During the recapture,they get distracted(or rather fixated) and forget that thrust is manual.
Automation.Great tool.But you never ask of George what you cant do yourself.Pilots should be trained to fly the plane manually with raw data first then introduce the AFDS incrementally.Basics first.Airmanship.