Framer, I agree. Boeing's policy of using autothrottle at all times on the 777 contradicts their policy on all their other types of disengaging autothrottle when hand flying. Airlines will follow that policy because of modern litigation. It is a bad policy that erodes basic handling skills and instrument scan and creates speed/thrust complacency. Furthermore, it is poor design if pressing TOGA after touchdown, however brief, gives TOGA modes on both axis of the FD but leaves the thrust at idle - deliberate mixed modes in unique circumstances with PFD indications that you have what you selected is a recipe for this sort of accident. It doesn't mean that the crew shouldn't have been aware that the thrust levers never advanced, but Boeing are largely responsible, just like they were for the same system behaving stupidly and similar crew over-reliance and system confusion in SFO.