Is this a pilot conversion course? Why didn't the whole class tell the instructor that he/she was talking rubbish? Ask your instructor the fundamental principle behind an autothrottle system - if the speed's low, it pushes the power up. It doesn't push the nose down.
If you're an effo:
"Always remember and forever take heed; right hand for glidepath and left hand for speed!".
One of the most fundamental rules of flying.
Last edited by Capn Bloggs; 9th March 2010 at 22:58.