Originally Posted by
NSEU
As I said earlier, the idle retard command actually comes from the AFDS (according to the engineering manuals). One would hope that the AFDS knew if it was engaged or not
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Thanks,
Obviously your manuals have more details than our manuals. But the real question would be, is there any difference in autothrottle operation based on the use of the autopilot and if so, why.