Hotdog, you are so right! Exactly that is what nobody understands. That's why we discuss it here for more than 2000 posts long...
I still think that these TAM guy thought he was in "another aircraft". Or that he was so afraid of the electronics he couldn't figure out what is the correct thing. It is for anyone else so clear and intuitive to take back that TL. Not only in an Airbus, but in any other aircraft.
Dani