Originally Posted by
FAR121
Even though on tape you just said it would be FATIGUING to continue across the NAS without A/T? Safety of flight issue be dammed?
I'd have been smarter about what I said over the radio. That being said, assuming I was fit to fly just minutes prior as evidenced by my releasing the parking brake, losing my autothrottles is fairlly benign and assuming the FO agreed, we'd continue to our destination.
Maybe he wasn't fit to fly to start with...