If you can't beat them . . .
The gist of many posts has been that 'modern' airline pilots aren't like they used to be, skill levels and understanding of the aircraft are lower because transport aircraft fly themselves, FBW, etc etc. Given that it seems to me unlikely that things will ever revert to the 'old days' in terms of longer training and acquired experience before new pilots reach the flight deck, maybe a different approach is needed, reflecting the "computer games" world that a lot of younger people (and some oldies!) live in today.
It has occurred to me, and apologies if this has already been suggested, that maybe a display could be made available on the PFD of a 3D model of the aircraft, as seen from the outside showing its attitude and direction of flight through the air relative to the ground. In fact something pretty similar to one of the views available in MS Flt Sim. The model, viewed either from behind or side, would be driven by the normal sensors and would replicate the actual aircraft, thus providing an easy and quick-to-assimilate visual understanding of the aircraft's behaviour. Thus, unusual attitudes in IMC or at night could be more readily recognised and countered.
On a different subject, it has been said that the flight condition AF447 was in during the final few minutes was far outside the certified flight envelope, and would never have been part of any test programme. Also the modern flight simulator does not or can not provide accurate simulations of this behaviour. But now we have actual data, traces, etc from the FDR of what happened during an A330 developed stall, could not this data be used or extrapolated by the simulator manufacturers to give more realistic aircraft pre and post stall training?