Maybe something to carry forward from this and other threads .. for anyone actually flying aircraft rather than MS flight sim : You monitor the aircraft with all of your senses... please keep your hands on the appropriate controls at the appropriate times, (below 5000 feet agl. seems an appropriate figure) and keep them off them (for example using flap handles as hand rests) during inappropriate times.
This stuff was drilled into people in school when I went through the system and I don't understand why I am having to correct it flying the line with the products of today's schools.
Even on the Airbus .. where the things only live in detents and are not back driven it is still surely reasonable practice to have a hand close to them in case you need to either move them or disconnect the autothrust !!.
Just my lowly opinion .. but where have the basic training standards gone?
and yeh ... this one is more complex from the CRM point of view but ...
TR