willfly380 ... To your interesting list might I add:
Had an autopilot/autothrottle system which was capable of allowing the aircraft to be driven into the ground automatically.
This has been alluded to up thread but seemed to receive little comment. I appreciate that training should eliminate the risk, but the inherent abiilty of automatic systems to do exactly the worst possible thing (minimise power, ignore airspeed and altitude) appears to be a potential factor.