Well, hooray for the FAA SAFO. My last FAA rating was done in the ERJ 145 simulator at a prominent training organization in the USA. Overall, the simulator training was excellent, with top quality instructors (well, all but one anyway). However, we wasted too much time perfecting the low level stalling exercises to a point that it could be said was negative training. Much emphasis was placed on minimal height loss (fair enough) but an equal amount of emphasis was placed on not gaining ANY altitude above the initial entry altitude during the recovery and pulling thrust back as soon as the nominated commencement speed was reached. The minimal height loss bit was fully understood, if the assumption was that in approach or landing configuration, and possibly turning, terrain would be just below. But a net height GAIN during recovery was, to my thinking, instinctive and desirable in such an assumed situation. Having got to stick shaker/pusher on approach, surely most pilots would be wanting to recover and continue climbing at high power to MSA while they called for a change of underwear? Given that if this occurs, all stabilized approach parameters have been shot to hell anyway, so continuing approach is hardly an option.
Of course high altitude recovery from stall requires a different technique, and to their credit, this was trained appropriately.
It would be great to see sim programs expanded to include stall recognition and recovery in severe icing, and the effects of asymmetric icing due system failures.