I advocate more time with no FDs when circumstances permit.
Indeed. But I also suggest four 4 hour sim sessions a year with nothing but raw data manual approaches, two engine go arounds with early level offs, unusual attitude, stall recovery and unreliable airspeed. Pure training, no checking, no marking, no records, no systems, no stress, just feedback and performed by TRIs and not TREs so as not to influence the actual checks.
I'm also thinking at least a two hour observation sim session prior to a four hour training slot at least once maybe twice a year.