Dead-stick landing....stable at 500 feet? Dead-stick practice could encourage unstable approaches
Come off the grass. That's like saying practice engine failures in the simulator could encourage cowboy pilots to pull an engine back on take off to keep current at engine failure technique. Dead stick landing practice in the simulator would quickly sort out skill deficiency in manual flying and basic judgement.
If student and private pilots are required to demonstrate proficiency in dead stick landings following an engine failure, then shouldn't we expect a jet transport pilot undergoing Loss of All Engines in the simulator and is unable to relight his engines, be also certified competent at the subsequent forced landing? After all, we practice putting airline simulators into unusual attitudes just in case it happens on a dark and stormy night.
Isn't that what simulators are for? In other words safe practices designed to improve piloting skills which have been shown to be sadly lacking judging by the number of spectacular crashes. A certain Boeing 777 operator comes to mind at SFO.