es330td wrote in news:c51c25af-bccc-4776-9614-
:

I read the the complex endorsement involves being instructed in
retractable gear, flaps and constant speed prop. I'm learning to fly
in a C172, which has flaps, so it seems unusual to me that flaps are
specified in the complex rating given that I have been using them
since day one.

The only reasons I can guess that this is pointed out are that A:
people learn to fly in planes without flaps


Lots of them do.


Actually, they;'re a bit of a crutch. even when I taught in airplanes with
flaps, I usually left them out of the equation for the first few hours if
it were possible.


Bertie