Originally Posted by 737er
That was interesting. I was always taught to not fly with the trim; if the speed didn't change, the trim wouldn't change. You may have to pull and push to move the nose around, but the trim wouldn't change. With underslung engines (and no FBW to compensate as the power changes), though, how much trim would you need to compensate for say GA thrust? Is it a lot? Is the ideal procedure to hold some/a lot of forward pressure on the control column until the thrust comes off as you level off? How does the autopilot cope with a GA thrust climb?