Originally Posted by
Pilot DAR
: "Gee, DB may need a little flap to make this work..." Instructor should say to you: "DB, I think this is going to take a little flap, I suggest you extend 10". If you're task saturated, you may ask for them to do that. Ultimately, extending some flap in a 172 should not task saturate you, and a helpful hint should still leave only you flying the plane.
Thanks PD, very useful. But, everything you and others said above suggests that there is no circumstance in which
a little flap would allow me to get to a runway that I was about to undershoot. Is that a fair assessment? I don't think I was significantly task saturated, my brain was fully functional although I was reluctant to take my hand off the throttle as I was increasingly sure we were going to need it very soon!
I know it's an unfair question, but was I right to not consider flaps under those circumstances?