A very bad Airbus design feature is thrust levers that do not move while in autothrust. They are instead set in a detent which would equal climb trust in manual mode. If the pilots did not reset the thrust levers to equal the last cruise power setting, they likely eventually ended up in climb power, making it difficult to reset the proper cruise power setting and adding to what was likely already a great deal of confusion.
If my English reading skills are ok, capt is saying that, if Autothrust trips (due to UAS, or any other cause), engines go to CLIMB power without crew intervention!!!
And, at cruise setting, the inference is, AT trip will likely induce pitch up in A330 as consequence of thrust increase?
So AF447 likely to had pitch up produced both by thrust increase PLUS induced by PF sidestick
