Opinion ping pong sounds like fun, LL...out of curiosity I had a search through the ebook of Fate Is The Hunter to find the exact phrase and see how he described getting "onto the step". It turns out to be very similar to the way my training captains described and demonstrated it to me, and how I've seen it done many times (aircraft type - larger than Metro, smaller than 747). Maybe some aircraft don't do it, maybe some do but to a degree that it isn't evident or a worthwhile technique, but there's definitely one or two types out there that is is a usable technique worth knowing about. Nothing to do with floatplanes though!