Originally Posted by
bubbers44
I, along with a lot of other pilots on this thread, believe overiding an autopilot or autothrottle not doing what you want it to do is improper and should never be done on an Airbus because of Airbus policy.
Bubs, are you sure you're replying to the right thread? If you're sure, then JammedStab followed his original post on "Manually overriding autothrust" stating he'd misunderstood the document.
Said document is here:
http://www.airbus.com/fileadmin/medi..._SOP_SEQ02.pdf
and the relevant section is at the bottom of page 7.
If you read it in context, all it says is that a pilot should not try to override AP or A/THR by manipulating the controls
without first explicitly using the disconnect button.
Note that it also says (emphasis mine):
If doubt exists regarding the aircraft flight path or
speed control, the flight crew should not try to reprogram the automated systems.
The flight crew should use Selected Guidance or hand flying together with the use of navaids raw data, until time and conditions permit a reprogramming of the AP/FD or FMS.
Yup, you read it right - an official Airbus document telling pilots to handfly. Now, if people paid attention to what Airbus *actually* say rather than assuming the ol' rumour mill must be correct, then that shouldn't be much of a surprise. Unfortunately...