Do we see a common thread here? Turkish in Amsterdam-hands not on the throttles. Asiana in San Fran-hands not on the throttles. And now (very possibly), EK in DXB-hands not on the throttles.
Obviously, training for Boeing pilots lacking in some basic airmanship. Oh, but I bet the FMA was called correctly. Pilots trained on modern jet liners with only auto throttles. Despite some anomalies with regard to the Boeing AFDS, fly the frackin' machine one is in.
Can you believe that there was even the consideration that all 380 landings were to be auto lands? There had been some high value customer complaints about some less than stellar landings, from their perspective. At least some saner heads prevailed on that one.
Back to controlled rest.
TU