At 16:12 13 July 2005, T O D D P A T T I S T wrote:

Do you conclude that a pilot having commercial skills
should
always fly a constant speed pattern +/- 5 knots right
up to
the flare, just because the ability to do so is a skill
that's tested in the Commercial PTS?

It doesn't say anything about flaring - so I'm thinking
maybe you're not supposed to if you want to pass.

On the other hand, couldn't I 'recommend' to myself
an approach speed of 75 knots and hold that?

There's a movie from the 60's called 'Those Magnificent
Men in Their Flying Machines'. One character trys to
fly by reading and acting out what's written in the
Pilot's Manual -- line-by-line ('#1, sit down'). Why
does this conversation remind me of that?

9B