On Wednesday, June 4, 2014 2:17:46 PM UTC+12, Andrew wrote:
I note nobody suggests we teach students to do final turns
under 200ft. I wonder why.

I believe we train students to try to manage the circuit to aim to make the turn to final at about 300 ft, depending on how close in they are.

If they get it wrong (or hit sink) and find themselves at 200 ft instead, I don't think anyone is going to advise them not to make the turn!


If you were *planning* to make the final turn at 200 ft (which would be perfectly safe) but actually ended up the same 100 ft lower then that's getting very low indeed.


Finding yourself *actually* at 200 ft is not the same thing as planning to be at 200 ft at some point in the future with a chance that you might be higher or lower.