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Originally Posted by You Need a Thneed
At Gimli, the pilot executed a manoeuvre (forward slip) that he had never before attempted, even in a glider (he was a glider pilot), or in simulation, and executed it perfectly - without the use of most of his instruments. If he didn't execute it perfectly, there's a good chance that many to all of the people on board die.
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I doubt he's never done a forward slip before. It's a required manoeuvre to pass both the glider and private pilot flight tests. It's certainly something he'd probably never done in a large commercial jetliner, but all pilots (ESPECIALLY glider pilots) have experience performing forward slips.
Evaluating slipping technique is Exercise 15 in the Transport Canada Private Pilot License Flight Test Guide:
http://www.tc.gc.ca/publications/EN/...R/TP13723E.pdf
[Edit] I see Bigtime already addressed this above.