Piltdown Man, I think that
you are missing a bit of reality.
My colleagues and I have had many, many training sessions battling with usual, unusual and unexpected mode failures dreamed up by the psychos in the training department.
Did
these guys practice, in the Sim, startle touch and goes?
And if I was Boeing I would drag this out until it hurts the opposition.
That's bordering on the ridiculous. It's stupid that TOGA isn't available at 130kts after touchdown. Yes yes yes you don't want it available on the blocks after start but there are plenty of other system (antiskid, for example) that don't work depending on the speed). Just like it is stupid for an autothrottle to stay asleep on final with the speed at Ref-20. Ideological nonsense.
These guys got set up by the system (design and regulatory), far and square. Sure, they stuffed it, but they are not solely to blame.