But.... if there is a trap here, and it a known trap - at least the trainers who've posted on here know about it - why do not ALL crews know about it? Is it not highlighted in FCOM 2? Have the airline training departments not caught on to it an issued chapter & verse on the trap? And how did the FAA/JAA et all certify it without that information being understood throughout the pilot community? Likely more questions than answers.
And if it is true on B777 is it also true on B787? and any other types of other manufacturers out there? Could this be the hidden trap-door to a smoking hole? They were damn lucky. If this had been an inferno with no survivors I suspect the reaction would have been much more loud and vigorous than it has been up to now. So far it has mostly been about lack of pilot reaction. They all survived the prang, but the inferno outcome would have caused much more technical furore, after not doubt much head scratching.