The whole point of the exercise is for pilots to understand how to fly at Vmc in the most critical case.
Surely the points that the JAA should be examining are those concerning the safety of flight. By all means demonstrate VMCA and the pitfalls of incorrect control during training, but for examination it is the positive aspects that should be instilled and tested.
Engine failure: detect heading change / ‘slip ball’ displacement, arrest the yaw with rudder.
Fly the correct speed (not VMCA). Identify the failure, (feather the prop), apply wing down as required by the flight manual. Carry out follow up actions.
Thus it would be more appropriate to examine aspects of this generic drill. Is it too much for us (the industry) to request that the JAA focus on the realistic and positive safety issues, or is my position somewhere in excess of 15 degrees right on Bellerophon’s beta gauge.