You have a point and I really hate criticism of pilots but you are a hypocrite having made a much worse criticism of a similar kind.
One case was incompetence (by system or pilot), with fatalities.
The other you criticise was not the pilot and was a 'success'
There is no evidence for your false assertion: "saved the lives of most of the people on board with some skillful flying".
and I AM NOT really criticising the pilot.
It is quite clear that the training (competence) was not there, as the reports make clear.
(so because the training was not there the pilot was not equipped to apply "Skillful Flying", was he?) .
BUT seriously for a moment:
You teach in this type. We hear from ST how schockingly badly the SIM behaves.
What is the actual behaviour of the aircraft if you fly at zero TR thrust, are you just a passenger in a Forrest Gump world?
Is it like this: "...you're an involuntary test pilot and might have little say in what the aircraft does, at least for a few seconds. With a rapidly rotating fuselage, pitch may become roll and roll may become pitch."
Do you understand this subject yourself?