Comments by "Tony L" (@tlangdon12) on "WHY Couldn’t they CLIMB?! | Emirates flight 521" video.

I think that the captain was deficient in assuming that the autothrottle would always work. Watch enough Mentour Pilot videos and you realise that many of the systems have various points at which they are inhibited and many reasons why they might fail. The operation of any button, but especially a critical one such as the TOGA buttons on the throttles, needs to be verified by someone.
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@Stettafire The challenge here is that the pilot can't look at the button they are pressing, and locking the button out runs the risk of the lock failing at a very inopportune moment. Some sort of throttle shaker might work to communicate that if you want TOGA thrust you are going to have to move the throttle levers to get it!
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