Folks are now re-inventing the wheel, i.e. noticing that many young, and not-so young, airline pilots must re-learn to hand-fly. Have many hangar-mates, some of whom are friends, who fly, or flew, for AF. Except for the few who are ex-fighter, aerobatic or airshow pilots, most are TERRIFIED of high high AoA, slow flight and stall and spins. Why... because they never explored the corners of the envelope in training. And still don't want to learn/go there. Not just FOs, but senior Captains. Ego?
Folks might do well to listen to Mr. Hoover's good ol' boy common sense about altitude, airspeed... and practice:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7R7jZmliGc
And, from Chief Airbus test Pilot Claude Lelaie's recent book:
Altipresse
"The quality of a pilot’s basic instruction is fundamental. This is what “formats” pilots to have the proper reflexes, and to deal with difficult situations and or emergencies. Once a pilot obtains an Airline Transport Pilot licence, training is generally limited to the items specific to type rating on a given aircraft. A pilot will also follow specific modules, to become a captain, for example. But, in this case, it is no longer a handling issue, but a decision-making one.Without re-training, are the basic reflexes acquired during initial training still present thirty years after? Probably not. Military pilots who are used to flying in unusual attitudes (inverted, high bank angles, etc.) have no difficulties. The same applies to pilots also fly for fun in their time off, particularly if they do aerobatics, gliding, or mountain flying…the kind of flying that truly requires “hands-on” and “eyes-outside” the cockpit. But we must face the truth: the situation is different for those pilots who, after basic training, have only flown commercial flights for twenty or thirty years."