I don't see how anyone can judge when a student is ready or not to fly an approach from a posting on a BBS, no matter what it says. Only the instructor in the aeroplane with the student can make that call.
IIRC I was following through with the instructor(s) very early on in my training, and I was 'forced' to use the radio from lesson 1. (A/G airfield)
This might not happen with every student at every flight school, indeed reading some of the other postings on this tread, it clearly doesn't.
To cut to the chase, isn't the only correct way to teach a student the one that teaches them to fly without endangering either themselves or anyone else? Different teaching methods suit different types of people, that is what marks out a good instructor. Not one that just delivers a vanilla training course.
I'm quite happy to listen to constructive criticism and indeed I ask for it at work. I would and did welcome such comments about my flying training no matter when they were delivered and about what period of my flight.
Just my 2p
