"Mike Rhodes" wrote in message
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Instead, stall speed, low altitude and
low-angled turns should've been his prime concerns.


Low-angled turns as a prime concern? Who ever told you that? (Assuming you
mean bank angle) Also, you failed to mention coordination. I find this
combination very concerning!

I have never admonished (directly) any student for a bank angle in the pattern.
To emphasize low bank angles is to encourage students to "cheat" by making level
uncoordinated turns. Any habit of allowing uncoordinated turns in the pattern
is a recipe for eventual disaster. In the glider world (where I did my
instructing), 45 degree banks in the pattern are not considered untoward. If
anything, I would address the REASON why the student felt it necessary to make a
high-banked turn. Which usually would be poor planning or (another way of
saying the same thing) flying "behind the aircraft"..

Vaughn