Not sure about the " every pilot who tried it in the sim" thing but some testied it last year for real when a plane ran out of gas ( thanks to a leak) over the atalntic and put her down on an Island military base. Heavy landing, but plane recoverable. No serious injuries.
If I remember the plane was an Air Transat on a flight from Canada. No one really knew whether to hang the pilots for failing to notice the fuel loss or pin a medal on them for getting it down safe. I'm for the medal.