Originally Posted by
Judd
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.
Judd, I think that a Dash strewn along the runway proves that bad training in a simulator can lead to accidents online!