Iceman 50, I agree with your thought about the Turkish crash not being prevented by moving AT's, but I believe Asiana is another story.
The PF was transferring from an airbus, so his was probably not even expecting the levers to wake up in his hand.
So, in effect the crash happened partly because he came from the airbus and the airbus not having moving thrust levers.
big disclaimer: never flew airbus, so i'm probably taking out of my you know what.