If they fail to recover the first time, that would be excellent. (the pilot thinks "wow, this is hard and I need to learn..") Pilots do not like to die. If t

If they fail to recover the first time, that would be excellent. (the pilot thinks "wow, this is hard and I need to learn..") Pilots do not like to die. If the first attempt was incorrect, they will do it again. and again. and again. A crew that was unsuccessful would not leave the training device until they had mastery of the situation. (and, the airline would not let them fly) For a single crew, the simulator time is very cheap. very cheap * 10,000 crew members shows up on a spreadsheet; thus the avoidance of simulator training by management.