Flipping Switches
As an aside, though I believe a relevant one, I'm a little disquieted by the repeated use of the expression "flipping switches". Now it may be no more than a form of speech (albeit a rather strange one) but it concerns me that while discussing an accident in which a major cause looks like mis-selection of switches some of us airily talk of "flipping" switches.
It was drilled into me by several instructors that it is vitally important to "move" or "select" switches rather than just flip them. It may seem a pedantic point but I have no doubt that a conscious and methodical process of grasping the switch and moving it positively to it's next position considerably reduces the chances of moving the wrong one. I'm very much on my guard when I fly with multi-fingered switch-flickers, and with good reason over the years.
Who knows whether "flipping" had anything to do with tis accident, but a plea now to avoid the habit might save us the trouble of discussing the next one.