If practicing a dead stick landing in the simulator (you should be so lucky) - setting it up on a long final is relatively easy. But engines don't always fail at 10 miles from the airport.
The real skill is judging and planning the excercise from cruise altitude. The aircraft may be in IMC at time of dual engine failure. Allowing a compromise between available simulator time and probability of the need for a second attempt, starting the excercise from 20,000 ft allows more flexibility in runway selection depending on weather, wind etc and speed selection.
Forget attempts to re-start engines since that can be done as a separate exercise at another time. Keep in mind the aim is to become competent
at glide distance v height judgement, speed, flap and gear optimum selection and importantly runway selection in the case of multiple runways available. It is no `fun` exercise and should not be scheduled as such.
Last edited by Centaurus; 26th Dec 2012 at 02:24.