Originally Posted by
piratepete
Check Airman.Because you might be near the ground and die! Again a stupid statement from you.
Almost exactly 9 years ago (February 12, 2009), 50 people died, in part because a crew attempted the technique you're advocating.
I don't know if you're unfamiliar because you're too new to flying to know of this accident (in which case shame on your instructors), or you're unfamiliar because you stopped flying prior to that.
In either case, the industry has moved on, and we no longer teach people at any stage (private through ATP) to attempt to minimize altitude loss. As an instructor, any student I saw doing that would be sent for re-training.