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So, designing an airplane that does not respond to pilot throttle
inputs reflects well on their abilities? When a pilot pushes the
throttle handles forward, he wants more power NOW. Not when some
software algorithm decides that he is allowed to have it...


You make boastful claims about your knowledge and experience, yet you
continue to publish misleading information (polite word for mistakes) about
the subject.

There are several autothrottle designs in use, and a couple of general
families (those with levers that move automatically and those that do not).
The initiation of a go-around procedure will depend on what type of
autothrottle system is installed on the plane you are flying - and yes, you,
the pilot, are expected to know this and use it properly.

Both types of autothrottles have been installed on both Airbus and Boeing
aircraft, and are not specific to either. On some types, you will push the
levers forward to initiate a go-around, on others you will push the TOGA
buttons. On some, you can do either. This is not specific to Boeing or
Airbus, contrary to what deanwil continues to insist.

What happens "behind the scenes" is indeed different, and Airbus' autothrust
program is specific to their control scenario - but this is no longer a
"human factors" or ergonomics question.

GF