Originally Posted by JE
Well, those engines still give you around 70000lbs of thrust (each engine) with TOGA so naturally there will be definite nose-up pitch, but as I mentioned you will not have any "out of trim" state physically pushing back on your hands.
No, J-E. In an Airbus if you go from idle to TOGA the aircraft continues on the same path. If it's 3 degrees down before, it is 3 degrees down afterwards. To go upwards, you must pull the sidestick back (with just one hand!)