ONIF...I agree staged to an extent, however, no one would "crash" an A/C for ratings...at least I hope not...
Lots of the "crisis" experienced by the crews are not, as in a "low oil pressure" warning on the C-46 but they continue on...
However as a veteran of 3 B-727 repos from 3 foreign countries (2 as F/O and one as Capt) Airplane Repo is a sham...
As far as Coagie goes...his/hers comments go (especially on the UPS thread) that person needs to read up on his F/S manuals and stick to that before wasting time on the professional forums...