Question about real F18 throttle

[Dirty Mittens]

I've been using my thrustmaster warthog HOTAS for so long I naturally assumed that real dual engine aircraft have some mechanism that keeps both throttles together just like the warthog. 

 

I upgraded recently and my new throttle doesn't have a "bar" to move both throttles together.  Which is correct for our F18?

[Swift.]

There isnt a 'bar' between the throttles. You just move them together using one hand.

[Brun]

That bar on the Warthog throttle is only there for simulating single-engined aircraft.

 

Imagine how bad it would be if an emergency required an engine to be shut down and the pilot had to fiddle with some small lever locking the throttles together.