Originally Posted by
Centaurus
The B767 captain of Gimli glider fame did an exceptional job of forced landing all flaps up on a 7000 ft runway. Afterwards he said if only Air Canada had given him just one practice simulator forced landing from height he would have been much more confident when he did he real one.
Captain Pearson was an experienced glider pilot
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gimli_Glider