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Um, did he pull back the thrust levers instead of the yoke? If so, why were his hands on the thrust levers at Vr?

I've had a new student pilot do something like that. Asked him to pull back on the power on short final, he yanked back on the yoke and throttle together! First time a student tried to kill me. He was doing so well up to that point I, as a green CFI, let my guard down.
 
Um, did he pull back the thrust levers instead of the yoke? If so, why were his hands on the thrust levers at Vr?

I've had a new student pilot do something like that. Asked him to pull back on the power on short final, he yanked back on the yoke and throttle together! First time a student tried to kill me. He was doing so well up to that point I, as a green CFI, let my guard down.
V1 160, Vr 161, V2 165 for this incident.

Bottom line: Humans are gonna be human.
 
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