My twopence worth is that having flown 10000 hrs plus on a heavy "non TAC'd" Boeing I also found myself fighting the TAC when I transitioned to the 777.
On the previous type the teaching was to apply rudder A/R and then lock the feet/apply constant foot pressure..if you felt the foot loads changing you'd stuffed up.
OTOH with TAC you certainly still need to be ready to apply appropriate rudder as the engine fails but you then need to be ready for TAC to start reducing your foot loads. Another way of thinking of it (IMHO) is that you need to be ready to relax the feet as the TAC catches up with what you've done...maybe that's what the instructor is getting at?
Last edited by wiggy; 23rd Feb 2012 at 20:22.