Tee Emm,
Thanks for the reply. Obviously we should all be capable of flying raw data under any stage of flight thats the whole point of being a pilot being able to cope when the automatics cannot. My questions was directed more at the effects on the a/t of pushing when its trying to do its job. Our SOP for a GA is to push TOGA (to get the aircraft in GA mode FD's and all that jazz) and push the thrust levers forward towards GA thrust. The PM sets the GA thrust (or monitors the a/t setting) I was just wondering whether doing so with a/t engaged causes an overshoot/undershoot or wears out the a/t motors or something similar?