Originally Posted by
safetypee
L 39 Guy,
When quoting 777 SFO and 777 DBX, consider the particular systems contributions, lest you start agreeing with 737 Driver.
It's true that the 777 had some quirks with the auto-throttle that contributed to these (non-fatal) accidents but nevertheless in the case of SFO four pilots in the cockpit watched the speed decay to a stall and in the case of DBX, nobody noticed that the thrust levers did not advance to go around after hitting the TOGA switches. This points to training (doing a visual approach in the case of SFO) and basic flying skills, i.e. monitoring the aircraft performance in the both cases.
It also points to way too much dependence on automation which, as many of us have pointed out on this thread, is a big, big problem in the airline industry today.