OK465;
Hear you...can't claim either "record" - did the exercise almost two years ago and that was that. There are sim guys out there whose company operates A330s who've done this tons of times because they're now teaching it and they're realizing the value of hand-flying in automated transports - a couple of good things to come out of all this.
As for the rest, so long as the major factors which lie behind this accident are recognized, understood and the teaching has changed, then I believe the argued points are less critical. Beyond such understanding and change, it's our passengers who should "win".