kabz,
If you'll read through the posts in this thread, you will find that we weren't talking about flying the beast in IMC hands on. Not by a long shot.
The conversation is about whether or not a non-pilot, who has extensive knowledge on a/c systems (i.e. an avid simmer, engineer perhaps) would be able to use the _automatics_ to guide a large transport category aircraft down to a safe landing.
The more I think about this and read the stuff people put in here, the more certain I become about being able to pull it off... Not trying to fish for flames or such, just telling what I _honestly_ think.
cheers,
Tero
p.s. I hope you enjoy the topic tho.. I know I do