hetfield,
Maybe the Congonhas findings will be something like
* apparently suffered thrust control mode confusion
If this will be the case, than there is an obvious similarity.
Does Autothrust have modes?
Speculation here has centered on whether Autothrust might still have been on, rather than off, during touchdown and rollout. (It is usual for it to be off.) Whether a system is on or off is not covered by the term "mode confusion". A mode is a set of behaviors exhibited by the system when it is on.
"Mode confusion" means specifically that pilots (or other operators) think the system is operating in one mode, when in fact it is operating in another.
I am not sure that this interchange is going to go anywhere unless we can agree on the use of technical terms.
That said, I will agree with you in general terms that the complex electronic systems installed in modern commercial transports are not optimal, none of them. Indeed, I don't know any engineer who would disagree. The possibilities of helping continually to improve these digital systems keeps most of the ones I know working in the industry. Otherwise they would mostly be off working in computer security.
PBL