A sim won't kill you but a real aircraft will! This is why some
sim exercises are done by some as textbook and if the same
emergency occurs in the real aircraft it could all turn to custard.
Bottom line - sim and real - sit on your hands first, and work
out what the hell is going on. Then you RESPOND to what the
situation requires, not REACT.
What I detest the most are those bloody checkies who'll keep
screaming "Hurry up hurry up we don't have much time!" The
older experienced jocks will tell 'em to get stuffed, but junior
sprogs might be intimidated and a) screw it all up and/or b)
come away from the sesh learning essentially nothing.
When I did some checking years ago I couldn't care less how
long it took to complete an exercise as long as it was all done
correctly. If the syllabus could not be completed then tough
titties - we finish it another day.