The same "gentleman" is now telling me to re-write our SOP to have one pilot keep his hand ON the thrust levers AFTER V1. I have never, in 25 years int eh business, come across a single multi-crew turbine SOP that does that but he tells me that it's "commonplace".

Anyone ever done that at a proper airline?

"V1" PF or Captain removes his/her hand from power levers. I do not know of any European exceptions. However...

PM

He has now had to concede that point in the face of overwhelming evidence to back the way we do it - but this is the kind of thing I'm up against all the time.

Well, we do need to learn.

Setting power etc.
 

From our MCC which was under the tuition of Mike Merrywether (hope I spelled his name correctly).

The Captain advcances the thrust lever and then takes his hand off the lever.
The FO then checks the setting and adjusts if it isn't correct.

Mike Merryweather must have forgotten all I taught him. Their could be some confusion over over the particular airline sops. The pilot who is responsible for RTO procedure must have his hand on the Thrust levers up to V1 to enable the procedure to be carried out without a lot of hand swopping.