Still very 'elemental'. The PF should have his hands on the thrust levers at this stage of the flight.
Well dohhh! So which bit of this in the immediately preceding post eluded you cessnapete?
"It is Qantas flight operations policy for pilots to guard the thrust levers and fly with hands on the levers when the aircraft is on auto, which ensures that should a fault with the thrust levers occur, the pilots are immediately able to fly manually."
