My FE sim checks on the 727 or 1011 (can't remember both or just one of them) sometimes had maintenance check pilots in the front. Takeoff was on two engines and the last landing was deadstick. The long time ago rumor mill did have a story about a line Captain taking off on two in the islands because one engine had starter problems that a screwdriver couldn't fix. Air started the third engine and landed. Kept it running while they loaded the airplane.