Originally posted by MCM
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I'm thinking it should be called OFF
To the best of my recollection, the 172 I learned to fly didn't have autothrottles (it was a 1976 model). And when I pulled the throttle to idle, or firewalled it, or put it somewhere in between it stayed there...of course there was this friction lock thing that was part of the pre-takeoff checklist. (along with setting flaps and slats)...
I'm just not getting why a mode where the autothrottles don't automatically move the throttle's has to have such a fancy cryptic name and acronym.
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