Originally Posted by
zlin77
Maybe I'm a little odd, but whenever I select TOGA in a 777 I always manually push the thrust levers to the stops.....what do other 777 pilots do?
Zlin, If you are manually pushing the thrust levers to the stops you are overriding the automatic function that provides you with a 2000 fpm rate of climb. There is a reason for that function, full power can lead to other problems especially with a low level off altitude.
I find in the 777 sim when it comes to a goaround the majority of pilots push a TOGA switch and then immediately transfer the thrust lever hand to do a two handed rotation because on takeoff they are used to rotating with two hands. When I do a goaround having pressed TOGA I keep my hand on the thrust levers for that little bit longer to ensure they have moved forwards significantly before transferring it to to the control column.