Originally Posted by
nicholasblonde
My Uncle is a SWA captain, and he said company policy forbids them from using autothrottles when installed.
True, though with RNP this will go away. However, the only planes SWA gets is new deliveries, and since one of the first things that happens is MX goes over it and (among other things) disables the AT, the only way you'd be able to use AT would be during a delivery flight. Most pilots play around with it a little, otherwise, there's no actual way to do it.