Good to see great discussion
Some gems of wisdom have appeared, in no particular order I'd like to:
hats off to Flexible Response for the airmanship issue of keeping your hand on the S/B lever until you are finished with it.
gold stars to GA driver and Bula about use of the S/B particularly at high altitude. That red zipper will jump on you faster than a Thai F/A raiding the food cart.
thumbs down to Der Fred - anything can be taught in the SIM - that's why they were invented. It's just that you need the willingness and the budget to do the training.
Cheers,
Ned