Yes sir, all are valid points. After simulators, many US airlines rely not just on 25 hours or so of IOE, but on-the-job-training, 'OJT'.
Many elements of US business seem to rely on OJT. This culture, for better or worse, often has limited patience for detailed theory and academia. Compared to the older world over there, it is still evolving from a frontier society, and becomes impatient when productivity is hindered.
When the United DC-10 lost all hydraulic systems (all three systems were clumped together, where the blade burst from the engine) either an Instructor Pilot or Check Airmen went straight to the c0ckp1t, to offer his help. Without his immediate help and their experimentation (no other options were possible), it is questionable whether the three pilots would have tried to use the throttles to control pitch and roll.
The DHL pilots in the A-300 which was hit by a missile at Baghdad were familiar with this, and it saved their lives. Will DHL pilots now avoid being forced to fly to Baghdad?
