G the W
This instructor was just doing what he was told to do by the more experienced person who ran the FI course, it was simply this nonense of "keep the speed up and the flap up to keep them out of trouble".
I think that one way of dealing with 'excess speed' and other rumours and wives' tales is to allow more non-professional instructors.
M14P, you are back to the having "real pilots" instruct, and I fully agree.
Tony