Originally Posted by
JohnBurke
Does your operation not make it a practice to restore both thrust levers to the pilot flying, once the failed engine is secured?
I've never seen that (multiple airlines). The procedure has always been to correctly secure the *bad* engine and then leave the lever at idle. Pretty sure that on one or two planes I flew the engine cutout switch was actually past a detent below idle so the lever had to be all the way back anyhow.