What would one of these Alteon trained people do if they were faced with a similar situation to the BA 777 dual engine failure on final?
What would they do if they were faced with anything they haven't been taught in the simulators?
the article says "some do it from memory" - or something along the lines of that.
You can't memorise a technique you have never learned how to do on the simulator.
In my opinion, GA and hour building in smaller aircraft, (where you are a) responsible for less lives than an airliner, hence, less stress levels, and b) where incidents on smaller scales happen with much simpler systems to deal with than an airliner, giving you the chance to focus on essentials, and if needed, be able to know what to do and how to do it while being able to perform other operations at the front of an airliner, from past experience gained in real flying.) is the better, and safer way to go.