Good post...quite the read!
A few 'off the cuff' remarks (dangerous, I know):
#1 If the 738
does prove to have unusual, um, 'tendencies', I would "think"(hope) an experienced crew in-type would be intimately aware of these tendancies. Heck, I'd like to think
I would...the -11's sure got plenty of 'em!
#2 I think you may have it it at the end of your article...um, POST I mean
. And that would be "an examination of the operational culture (@AA)"...