"Roy Smith" wrote in message
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"Kyle Boatright" wrote:

One of the local flight schools from a
towered field teaches B-52 style approaches in their C-172's. That makes
sense for someone who is just attempting his/her first landings, but once
the student has the landing thing figured out, the instructor(s) really,
really need to retrain their students to fly a tighter pattern.

It's much easier to teach somebody the right way the first time.

I totally agree. I've shunned the hard, rigid, and non-flexible approach to
flight instruction from day 1. Its fine to have an established datum for a
specific task, and indeed, all instructors should use some kind of lesson
plan as all flight schools should set specific standards and procedures, but
along with this, a good CFI has to include flexibility and common sense all
through the learning curve.
Pilots are well taught from the very beginning that the ability to work a
plan while maintaining a flexible approach to working that plan is one of
the most important assets a pilot can attain through training.
Dudley Henriques