Dozywannabe, whose the ignorant one. The side stick inputs go to the flight control computers (same as autopilot) which will have the final say on the flight control movements. And to add to confusion, pilot on one side have absolute no clue what the other side's stick input is. And as for the non moving Auto Throttles, how many deadly crashes have we seen where the pilot tries to 'figure out' what the f@#& the auto thrust is doing. Like I said Airbus are too far down the road and will not admit they had a silly concept with which they started with.
