Repeating my third point above, given that the (experienced, ex-mil) training Captain and monitoring Captain - as well as the FO under training - missed the thrust setting and airspeed cues, I have trouble seeing how the "Children Of The Magenta" problem applies here. Have I missed something?
Yes. Pilots who regularly hand-fly have trained their eyes to scan. When the AP is in (as it was in this case) their eyes still scan. Those who sit there day in day out just watching the AP don't scan as well because they don't have to. Not saying they're lazy; just that it's harder to do soemthing that is unnatural.
Thanks for the lessons learnt. The first two are valid and slices of the cheese, I agree.
Not being a 737 pilot, what
is the thrust level difference when at Idle when above the speed target ie trying to slow down as opposed to Idle when landing?