Originally Posted by
megan
I can't believe the Avalon discussion going on here, I'd expect better from experienced aviators - sorry.
I think you might be making an assumption there
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Four variables, lead/wing, above/below, towards/away, climbing/descending. That's 16 cases. So maybe 16 pages to enumerate the procedure, and there may be scope to compress that if some of the procedures are common to some of the cases. Not only that but you can rigorously test your principles based method against every case and make sure it works. What a motivated student and great learning opportunity for instructor and student.
Sure, but that’s just for a single scenario. Now consider everything else that might go wrong on a given trip, and how many different possibilities you’d have to work through. How many pages would you have to write, and how big would your brain have to be to be able to apply it all? Being a motivated and well-prepared student is great, but it’s got to be in a way that can be applied practically. (Which I think was Ruprecht’s point.)