Well sir, I think "shock tactics" is a bit of unfortunate colorful journalism, but the actual idea contained in the article, of "training for surprise" and "startle factor" is timely, if not already too late. It's been mentioned previously that it's not gonna be EZ to startle/frighten some guys in a sim, for obvious reasons. Maybe if I strolled in, with my hair down to here, and announced that I was in charge? Would that do it?
Also, as stated here a brazillian times, apparently some Airbus crews need to read and understand their FCOMs, and receive upset recovery training pronto. Maybe they wouldn't be quite so scared if they knew WTH was going on!
