Now I'm getting confused Ken.
I clearly said "he shouldn't have pushed the TOGA buttons
on the ground AT ALL!"
I thought your entire point was that he pushed the buttons and expected the automatics to do the rest?
What you have just described is precisely what we all know he SHOULD have done, but didn't! Because he wasn't sufficiently familiar with this particular manouvre to instantly select the correct actions! (They would NOT have been the correct actions for most other GAs!) This has no bearing whatsoever on how many manual approaches he chooses to fly. Which in any event, would ALWAYS have been flown with auto thrust in! As is the wisdom of 'the manufacturer'!
You are of course correct that shortly after airborne, pushing TOGA
THEN produces valid FD and auto thrust modes