alf507iH: Excellent post. The solution will always be unsatisfactory if the problem has been mis-identified. More research vicar.
Tee Emm: After 15 minutes of this training in IMC, every student I have seen trained comes out of those simulators with a smile on their face and armed with the confidence and technical skill how to manually fly out of trouble in IMC.
Oh that this was a common training scenario. In the 3 year cycle of box ticking I've been subjected to the sim data based stored UA's for 2 manoeuvres, perhaps 3. My oppo also had 3 attempts. Total time <10mins total for 2 pilots. Box ticked. Move on to more 3.4/3.6 items and tick the boxes. AGH!