Great thread you guys but I'm thinking that there are tons of folks missing
out due to the "Dear Burt" title.

I agree with you Steve and will add in response to some earlier comments
that I get very tired of the "guess what I'm thinking" approach to teaching.
Many years ago I had an instructor refuse to sign me off at a commercial
operation in So Cal because my approach turns were not at the exact
altitudes he expected and the speed was slightly slower than he wanted. As
far as I'm concerned if your approach is identical whether landing on a
7000' paved runway or an outlanding in a short field you have missed the
boat somewhere.

I teach residents in a medical setting and learn a lot from watching them.
There are nearly always multiple appropriate solutions to the same problem
and to insist that there is a single solution not only is incorrect it
confuses the student. It also shows that prior instructors were insecure in
their own knowledge base. What I suggest they do is to politely listen to
all of the various methods and then to either incorporate one that they feel
best fits their own thinking or to maybe combine some to make a new
solution.

Casey Lenox
KC
Phoenix