Originally Posted by
punkalouver
Pilots should be familiar with both terms and the difference between them.
I am struggling to see why the terminology is so important.
I had never heard of the term "forward slip" until quite recently and am not getting what extra value making the distinction is.
In fact there are obvious situations where you seem to be doing both!
Just teach people how to sideslip - no need to make it over complicated. It is an easy technique to teach. If people want to give it a different name depending on how the aircraft is oriented to the ground, fine, but what value does it add? How does it help?
Happy to be shown the value if I am missing something - maybe I have been doing it wrong for decades.