Who cares what some sim instructor may think?
faheel, a bit harsh!! Don't forget that in many airlines, "Sim Instructors" are also line training captains who spend half their time in the real world, not just pushing the "V1 Cut" button!
If you consider all the circumstances (under JAR 1.965 I think it is?) for CRM assessment in the Simulator these days, then what
if Captain X
had flown a LOFT scenario like that at some stage prior to his epic flight? Had he perhaps shown weaknesses in systems knowledge or CRM before? If so, what actions were taken? Are there maybe lessons to be learned that are similar to those from the CrossAir accident at ZRH?