Originally Posted by Denti
...whenever we go to manual flight we just deselect SPD so that AT is in ARM mode.
This is so useful and easy to use the auto throttle in 'armed' mode.
Sadly, within numerous operators (or in the case of a certain red nosed outfit, their Dublin version), misunderstanding of the concept of how the autothrottle works, and failure to read a particular memo correctly, have resulted in explicit instructions not to use the speed off function.
Sadly, some management types who rarely fly, have too great an input on this.
Thus proving that an over abundance or reliance of rigid SOPs are actually not in anyone's best interest.