

With regards to descent, I am not sure but initial action was to disengage SPD and reduce speed to around 280 Kts. Once Alt Acq amber changed to Alt Acq green, engage speed mode. After that, disengage the pitch mode(IAS), pitch green would be annunciated on the FMA, and use CWS accelerating to say.300Kts and reengage IAS at the required speed. If I recall, it was N1 and IAS(set to 250K) upto 10,000 feet. Also, bear in mind, these images may be older, and these anomalies could very well have been rectified, if they are at all anomalies. Also, the scale markings seem a bit different between the two. Keep in mind, the trim is set to almost the same position in both images ie., at approx 0 units.

Also, the green band goes almost all the way down to the bottom of the thrust lever stops, whereas, in the Aerosoft Airbus, it ends quite a bit higher. What I do find different in the two images, is that the green CG band in the photo ends with 3 DN units of trim, whereas in the Aerosoft Airbus it ends at a little more than 2 DN units of trim. I am sure if the thrust levers on the aerosoft bus are placed in idle, you will see the same as that in the actual photograph. In the actual photograph with the levers in idle, the back part of the thrust levers are "encroaching" in the part printed REV. Nowhere has it been said that the throttles are in idle. I dont think you can compare the two as the Aerosoft picture does not show the levers in Idle, but at or near the climb detent.
