Good points, safety pee. I had about 10,000 hours before I touched an auto throttle plane, the old habits of having a power setting in mind every time I moved the throttles are deeply embedded. I just changed to a second type which doesn't have A/T, first leg, it was all about learning the power settings for different configs and speeds. Soon, I had a fuelflow setting for most situations. How many trained on autothrust have a power setting and throttle position in mind whenever in auto throttle mode?
GF