No pilot should ever hold full back-stick*, but I for one think training needs a shake up.
Memory drills, in my experience are not taught or practised enough. On rare occasions; you might get two goes each at one of them in the SIM, and if they are flown near enough, the TRE moves on. It might take several years’ worth of biannual SIMs for one to have practised every memory drill !
All the memory drills should be sprung on every pilot on every SIM visit - otherwise how on earth do you practise and stay in practice? (sic). The best we can do is armchair flying or touch drills in the aircraft while in the cruise - it’s not the same thing. You wouldn’t expect a violin player to imagine playing a piece without their instrument and then be expected to play it. Or for someone to read about how to ride a bike then get on and ride it. One needs to physically practise, practise, practise.
We must remember that nowadays, many pilots who fly the big modern jets have not necessarily worked their way up for years on various basic piston and turboprop aircraft in challenging weather, so do not necessarily have the instinctive feel and response to flying that the previous pilot generation did - those who had very basic or no automatics and frequently hand flew their aircraft. Big jets do not have the feel of a small SEP trainer, so recognition of unusual situations and responses need to be taught and practised all over again. Most of us stay out of trouble by keeping within SOPs and limitations but occasionally tragedies occur.
*except for Airbus Abnormal Valpha prot OEB