Originally Posted by
jonkster
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.
Boils down to this for U.S. pilots: forward and side slip are terms used by the FAA. It's in the FAA handbooks and it's in the FAA airman certification standards. These terms are used by U.S CFIs and DPEs. If you want to get an FAA license, you need to speak and understand the FAA language.