GlueBall:
Curiously, Captain Bobcat, this actually happened rather recently aboard an A320 at CGH where everyone had received fatal injuries.
Ok, I see... You're referring to TAM Airlines Flight 3054 (
PR-MBK) landing at Congonhas I guess. A strange accident. They did close throttle on one engine, but the other one was left with pretty high power setting. Also a very short runway, too short for a B738 according to Wikipedia.
How much automation should be built into an aircraft in order to cope with piltots forgetting how to fly? But if forgetting to retard is forgivable I apologize for suggesting a removal of auto-retard in single channel approach. Pilots obviously need it...
Edit: Or what if notorious forgetful pilots just use Cat III autoland whenever possible. That is, if they don't forget how to configure it...