El #
You say "What I know is that some real pilot did a real sim test and it seems like a normal landing could have been completed."
Well I personally know a real pilot who did a real test on a B777 full motion category A simulator. There is no way a normal landing could be made, ie reaching the runway.
Although many pilots practice total engine failures it is usually at a height that allows a glide approach to a runway. The BA038 was fully established on the ILS with flap 30 set. Airlines do not practice total engine failures at that stage as it is negative training as the plane will inevitably land short, ie crash. El # The pilots have been exonerated of blame in the latest AIB report. Please do not infer otherwise. Please accept the facts that it was impossible to reach the runway with the power available. A manual landing was achieved in which all the passengers survived.