Even if true, this in no way condones the cavalier attitude that was exhibited by all the 'cowboys' in the "training" dept. at that time. The introduction of multiple system failures unrelated to the initial emergency that was being evaluated; at night over water with no horizon, at less than 2000' was plainly stupid and a causal factor in the crash. Anyone who was there at the time could have fallen victim to these morons who lorded over all.