I wonder what Airbus has to do with this
Well ok. Not the airplane then. But the way lots of Airbus pilots are taught to fly the Airbus then. Let's just say I spend a lot of time on jumpseats. You do spend more energy on those two little things in an Airbus, than most other people...and I think it's downright stupid to be sitting there programming at 1500 feet in VMC. What happened to flying the airplane. Something you just dont do enough of in an Airbus. Thats what I meant. You could of course, be the exception to the rule .