Hi Chris,
Maybe the incidents you heard of happened later?
The incidents I heard of all happened before 2004. They were mostly low speed events during ILS Approaches in good weather. Crews were practicing manual thrust approaches in anticipation of their next sim check.
Due to the number of events, management perceived it was safer to ban manual thrust practice on the line and devote extra sim time for manual thrust practice. I don't know what the current position is.
vilas
Basically in manual thrust in any aircraft pitch changes require thrust change but in airbus you only see and do as your hand will feel nothing. It is different but not difficult.
The difference is that all clues are visual and there is no priority over any parameter.
On conventional aircraft, "feel" is devoted almost entirely to Angle of Attack control.