On Mar 14, 3:40 pm, Deadstick wrote:
I haven't done any instructing recently, but when I did, I taught slow
flight, stall recognition and avoidance AND stall entry & recovery. I
don't think they have be be exclusive of one another.

Plus I think learning to recognize and avoid stalls is probably a
better risk-management strategy given that it can be easily learned
and mastered by pilots of all skill levels. In principle I agree that
ALL pilots should be fully competent at slow airspeeds and at
recovering from stalls, but I would also tend to say that there's a
lot more that we can teach pilots before we set them free to fly on
their own.

To add to the above comment, it is not the lack of ability to
recognize stalls that got many pilots into trouble, but the ability to
overcome their natural instincts and do the right thing (pitch down,
level wings, ball centered). When there is a tree looming on the
windshield it is awfully tempting to simply pull up or bank away. The
same is true with VFR into IMC. It is not about flying the gauges, but
overcoming their natural senses to do what they already know how to
do. This is a human factors training more than a skill training.