Wombat watcher, I think that is an oversimplification of what occurred. I will admit that it is a very long time since I read the report on QF1, but, I think it was the FO as PF who initiated the go-around (2nd one), that decision disabled the auto-spoilers and auto-brakes, not the contact with the runway, the Capt. then sights the runway and takes over and lands the aircraft, albeit well down the runway. By now it was confusion aplenty in the cockpit and no-one knows what the responsibilities are or what they should be looking for.
Yes there were shortcoming all round but it did highlight something which I think still rings true today, that the most dangerous thing in aviation is the accountant mentality.