rubik101 -
"If you want to learn how to fly an aeroplane, read the manufacturers manuals, FCOMs, Training manuals and listen to the people who train you.....Anyone who tells you that they know better is wrong, an idiot and dangerous."
Poppy-cock!
I can relate a personal experience to you that had I not done it "my way", you would have read about a Boeing 737 "lost" in a "training accident". The "instructor" sat in the left seat dumb-founded while our airplane was in a deep stall, at night, in the overcast! Following the "book procedure" for stall recovery would have lead us right into the ground. Fortunately, after seeing that he knew nothing about what was happening, I took the necessary step toward a safe recovery, after which he had no comment.
This was NOT in a simulator either, but the actual aircraft.
There just happens to be times when some pilots have the knowledge that saves them, their airplane, and passengers (had they been aboard in this case). Is the Captain ALWAYS right? Of course not. Again, read between the lines of the post in question.
In the case I refer to above, the Captain was NOT right.