As the link that I highlighted above says, the NTSB report is flawed according to the FPA lawyers. And interestingly, Lloyds filed a product liability lawsuit against Boeing last fall. They're saying the aircraft was negligently "designed, maufactured and assembled."
This will probably open up again the debate on the MD11's alleged shortcomings and flaws, I know there have been several discussions on it here in PPRuNe.
Prof2MDA, do you have any info? The captain was an ex 'Tigers man and I think the last paragraph in the above report by Capt David Webb, the FPA president is very interesting, to the point and sadly accurate.