Watching FMA?
watching FMA and knowing all the quirks of the auto throttle and other automatics is not as important as watching the actual pitch, bank, power, airspeed and altimeter. I know what I want the aircraft to do and the FMA is really not the most vital thing to watch. Maybe too many years of not having an FMA and too many years of simply having pitch, bank, power, airspeed and altimeter alone to tell me what is actually happening.