I fly with both RAAus and GA a pilots and have to say understanding stalling and flying in balance is poorly understood by both groups.
That's particularly concerning, seeing as it's such a fundamental thing. What are the reasons for it, would you say? A few possibles that spring to mind are:
- instructors not confident enough
- instructors inexperienced and poorly trained
- not enough emphasis on it in syllabuses
- box ticking rather than robust teaching
- a few canned scenarios taught but not related to some likely real world gotchas
Not suggesting these are the causes, just throwing a few out there. Certainly if any instructor doesn't understand stalling and how to at least teach it to a decent basic level then I'd hate to send my child out with him or her for training.