Andrew Gideon wrote:

G.R. Patterson III wrote:


Even if this is not the case, if you ask a CFI why
he recommends a particular course of action, the answer frequently is that
you need to get in the habit of doing whatever 'cause you need to do it
that way "when you upgrade to higher performance aircraft".


Sometimes, though, that's the right answer.

Only if you are going to move to a different aircraft soon. If not then
it's a bunch of BS.