Originally Posted by TyroPicard
If no visual reference at DA you need to make the a/c go up - in the A330 the AP will only do that if you select TOGA thrust. If you "nearly" select TOGA it keeps going down, while accelerating.
Manual flight - you still need to go up to avoid busting MDA - and the FD is switched to G/A mode by selection of TOGA.
So you cannot add power gradually in this instance.
But nothing prevents to slam the thrust lever fully fwd and to retard them
immediately afterward to the desired setting, A/THR off. The addition of power could be as gradual as necessary.