Originally Posted by
Pilot DAR
... Funny, I have found exactly that! On the bare ice of a frozen lake, in my C 150, I taught my teenage cousin to land in an hour or so. No runway boundaries at all, just endless surface. It was my patter of "pull... pause... pull, pull, pause, pull...." which lead her to understand the nuances of holding it off for a nice landing. I wish I'd been taught that way!
To the larger point of:
We can do that here - better.
Though I am an "instructor" in Canada for the purpose of a float or multi engine endorsement, I am not a trained flying instructor for ab initio training. As such, I do not inject myself into the role of a formal ab initio flying instructor, as that is not within the scope of my qualifications. Further to that, though I have encountered flying instructors with whom I seem to hold differences of opinion, it's not mine to challenge their qualifications - mostly. That said, I see value here in gathering together a resource for new instructors. It would be informal, and not purporting to conform to any particular requirements, but there is lots of wisdom here, which should be a resource to newer instructors.
If I were to go to the administrator to ask to add a forum for instructor/training tribal knowledge, what would the instructors here like to see?
I just noticed that no-one has answered your question, Pilot DAR. We could simply use this forum by posting threads that challenge "the way it's always been done" thinking. It'd be a place where "out of the box" thinking could be shared, however, I'd imagine few current instructors would be willing to confess to what would be considered heretical methods to a congregation of true believers. However, I'm retired, so that wouldn't bother me.