Der absolute Hammer,
I do not now that I would want just anyone restarting or resetting the suimulator based on self taught DVD. You used to have to be signed out as a simultaor instructor. Time may have changed things but you can, if you now how to do it, do serious damage to a simulator even with out throwing it off its jacks.
We do just that with JAA approved Level D sims. Are you seriously trying to tell me that an airline TRE/TRI isn't competent to
operate a sim? (If the instructor is totally new to the sim we will even put a sim tech in with the crew to assist if requested).
As to "do serious damage to a simulator even with out throwing it off its jacks" Sorry but this is total rubbish. There is nothing the operator can do to cause serious damage.
The worst action an instructor can perform (and they do often) - hitting that damn emergency stop button,