Borislav Deianov wrote:

Neither is usually the best method of glide path control but it never
hurts to have more tools in your toolbox.

I recently took a club checkout with someone that didn't want me to slip a
172 at full flaps, even for a (simulated) emergency landing. That leaves
me looking for alternatives for the upcoming retest. The "slow below best
glide" occurred to me one day as I was practicing short field landings.

- Andrew