Recently a couple of us have been purposely taking a select few outside of the little square, with varying degrees of success. Some have actually handled situations very well(no F/D no A/T), but not consistently
Presumably being taken outside the little square in the sim as I'm sure the people who pay your wages i.e. the pax on the training flight would prefer it that way. Actually though if someone cannot fly without use of auto-throttle and flight director then the initial and recurrent training of the company is no good and I would be surprised if the training programme is approved by the relevant authority as it falls short of what is required.