manual thrust
If BA flt ops management think there is a risk involved with pilots operating manual thrust, then it is they, the management who have created that risk by not allowing pilots to practice when circumstances allow. Do they not appreciate just how easy and pleasant to fly these modern aeroplanes are, and that hand flying is both enjoyable and professionally rewarding.
Perhaps they should ponder how we coped on VC10s, 707s and 737-200 etc, etc., with NO autothrottle, (or a Canberra with not even an autopilot !!) we just got on with it and flew the damned things, and on the 75/76 when hand flying we were required to disconnect the AT !!.
...........and am I to believe that BA allows dispatch with u/s autothrust yet the pilots may not have flown with manual thrust lever operation for 3 years, as CessnaPete reports ??
Worrying.
Last edited by RetiredBA/BY; 16th Jul 2015 at 20:02.