BallsOut, How did
it is basic airmanship and personally I believe that this accident would not have happened if the Flying Pilots hand was on the thrust levers.
get interpretted as
macho guys claiming if he had, there wouldn't have been an accident. UNSUBSTANCIATED BULL!
No need to get all het up. It was an opinion as evidenced by the preface of
"personally I believe"
I think you have made a fair point that we don't know if there were hands on the thrust levers or not.
If I were you I would do a bit of asking around and see where your technique of not having the hands on the thrust levers fits in with your colleagues. It is a never ending learning curve this game (I am still near the bottom) and habits that invite mishaps are easily developed. Try ten approaches with your hands on the thrust levers and then throw it away if you still don't like it. If I was your F/O you would be finding it awkward to see the flap lever on every approach. It sure would be a terrible inconvenience
