Pineteam
BY all means a pilot in the cockpit must have atleast the minimum required handling skill. But a trainee who performs a perfect raw data handling in a simulator just adjusts in the aircraft to real life feel and turbulence etc. He doesn't have much problem because his scan is already set. You come across thousands of experienced pilots who's alternate/direct law experience is only in simulator. So what's the problem? And if once in a life time if someone did it in real life it doesn't make him better or worse pilot. Thanks to PW GTF which gave practice of engine failures in real life otherwise very few pilot faced it on line. More shocking is two check captains in the cockpit the PF wrongly pushes EXPED button doesn't know how to disconnect, causes THR LK then applies wrong procedure and causes overspeed of flaps by 38kts and GPWS alert before the madness ends. I don't think any MPL has done such a crazy thing. Experience means nothing without sufficient knowledge of key systems.