Crash Courses for the Crew - WSJ.com
US Airways' curriculum includes a scenario where both engines are lost, but at high altitude, and it typically ends with one engine restarting, Capt. Skinner said. Pilots can't practice water ditching or even off-airport landings in the simulator -- once the airplane hits the ground the system shuts down and has to go through a lengthy reset. Forced landings and water ditching are taught in the classroom, however.
Training is expensive, but it can pay off handsomely. The military has show that training can't replace experience, but it can certainly bring pilots up to speed very quickly and much more ahead of their civilian contemporaries with more flight hours.
The recent accident with Colgon might have an icing component to its cause. How many airlines practice icing scenarios in the simulator?