Quote from Sidestick_n_Rudder:
"The only problem of the non-moving TL's is less intuitive intervention when the system is not doing what pilots want. I believe, however, that this could be addressed by training and some changes in procedures."
Hear, hear... The problem is that, as I understand it, the majority of airlines are forbidding - or at least discouraging - pilots from practising their manual-thrust skills on revenue flights. That means that pilots are poorly placed in the event of an A/THR failure, as the BA762 investigation has demonstrated:
https://www.gov.uk/aaib-reports/airc...oe-24-may-2013
In my day, in my airline, there was no specific rule for the manual flight case. My preference for manual landings was to use manual thrust, and that included those in gusty crosswinds with windshear:
http://www.pprune.org/rumours-news/5...ml#post9078674
Because of its relative complexity, the best way to practise the transfer to manual thrust in flight is to do it when workload is low. If the AP is engaged, I recommend leaving the it engaged until manual thrust is established. During my time on the A320 series (1988 - 2001), I'm not aware of any incident attributed to the voluntary use of manual thrust. By the time I retired in 2001, however, the majority of line pilots, trainers and managers rarely disconnected the A/THR. Pity...