Originally Posted by cf6
If there's no FLARE and no ROLLOUT then I think it would be a stretch to imply that it would "seem obvious" that the AFDS would be sending a flare retard signal to the A/T servo to drive the A/T to IDLE.
Ditto
Originally Posted by McHale
On approach at 25ft RA the AFDS sends a flare retard signal to the AT and causes the AT servo to drive the throttles to the aft stops (interestingly this happens during a MANUAL or AUTO landing). SPD will be replaced by IDLE on the FMA. At <5ft RA TOGA is inhibited (but AT is still armed) until >5ft RA or reverse thrust selected (and AT disarmed). If you do not select reverse thrust and use only braking, the AT mode will remain at IDLE and will not resume the SPD mode.
Thinking about the finer details... Do we know if IDLE would be annunciated on the FMA for A/T during rollout in this hypothetical scenario? Assuming the levers reach the aft stops before the aircraft reaches 5' plus 2 seconds, would the A/T go into HOLD mode (annunciated/not annunciated)?
Is the A/T system both inhibiting the TO/GA switches and putting the system into a hold mode where manual manipulation of the thrust levers is not opposed?