This thread had been drifting sideways. Starting with Man(inexperience) then on to Machine(automation), Environment thankfully played no part in the incident mentioned. Bangalore in A320 and SFO in B777 were caused by very experienced pilots with thousands of hours in other jets undergoing command training with check captains as against Paphos flown by inexperienced FO under a captain. What is common in all three is that they all were flown by equally incompetent pilots. Saying it won't happen in 737 is a joke. Bangalore on approach the speed was 27kts. below Vapp, SFO it was 31kts. below Vapp. Not a single call, nudge, any recognition of it by anyone. It is not lack of knowledge of the system but lack of knowledge of simple mechanics of flying an approach that you don't fly an approach without monitoring your speed. Now about A320 flight control system and auto thrust. Airbus FBW aircraft maintains the flight path and auto trims you still can't fly it then perhaps you could have been better off as a doctor or a manager but outside the cockpit. Paphos incident happened not because of but despite the protection. 737 would have stalled in all three cases. You can fly 320 with or without auto thrust with or without automation. Flight controls and auto flight is the heart of the aircraft but it is not a rocket science. How much intelligence is required to know that you have to switch off both FDs to get ATHR in speed mode. It reflects on poor quality of training imparted. This is an ideal aircraft for 200 hrs. pilot because it demands very little skill. I have trained some experienced twin Otter and Dornier pilots whose IFR meant I follow river, VFR pilots. They fared very poorly as compared to 200hrs. guys. Their habits had hardened to throttle and stick and were unable to digest procedures and CRM.Thickness of log book in many cases shows how lucky rather than how good the individual was.