JM your assumptions would have been correct 30-40 years ago. With the advent of low cost carriers and the massive increase in air travel all over the globe then the standards of training and the motivation of individuals to know the aircraft inside out have dropped to the point that accidents of this type are not uncommon. Airlines don't want to spend anything above the minimum and a lot of them require the applicant to have done the type rating at their own expense. Aircraft manufacturers have dumbed down the manuals to the point that they only provide the information that they think you need to operate in normal operations. Regulators are quite happy to have pilots with a total of 200 hours experience operate as a First Officer. There is an art and science in the job of airline pilot, there is also an image and a status associated with being an airline pilot and there are too many pilots in the latter category who are not interested in the former.