That's a pretty big "except". I flew the -320 for a while and didn't have too many gripes - but the throttles was a big one.

I clicked them off on almost every approach. Not a huge fan of auto-throttles when hand flying anyway. But, if you're going to keep them on, if they move under your hand at least you can stay aware of what the A/T system is attempting to do (without looking at engine instruments). There are plenty of times with conventional A/T that a PF may decide to override the A/T with more thrust sooner, keep them from coming all the way back or something else. Having them sit in a detent hoping the behind the green door magic is going to take care of everything with the only manual option to completely click them off is AFU, in my opinion.