hands?"During simulator training in Australia...."
What bloody airline? At mine you would get your hand knocked off, I hope!
Same here, I'd like to think it would be extremely unlikely you would get away with that at my airline either.
Agreed. Piss poor practices like that are just an accident waiting to happen.
Lighten up chaps.
You are missing the whole point made by the OP. All sorts of strange and frightening scenarios happen during simulator training all over the world. These things happen and don't necessarily reflect what happens on line. Simulators are there for just that - training. By the very nature of the job, check pilots in simulators witness many more "events" than the average Joe Pilot who gets only two sim sessions a year.