Originally Posted by
DC8DRIVER
Sooooo ... the thrust levers don't actually adjust the thrust? There are simply detents that pilots place them in to correspond to the desired phase of flight? Or are there also modes that allow the pilot to actually have more of a "direct" control over a variable thrust setting?
Not trying to stir the pot, I'm just fascinated by the different logic of Airbusses.
If you disconnect autothrust, you can physically modulate/move the levers in-between the IDLE and CLIMB detents and they work like regular throttles.