On Feb 15, 8:33 pm, "Private" wrote:
There has been a lot of discussion here lately regarding the dumbing down of
society in regards to stalls and flight training and piloting in general,
this author shares many of the same feelings.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/14/bo...5087&em=&en=98...

Happy landings,

Related to rote learning. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rote_learning

Many pilots (way too many) commit facts to memory to get past
the flight and written exams. It's rote learning, without the
understanding necessary to be safe. Exams tend to encourage that sort
of thing.

Dan