Ahha!!
I've been waiting for somebody to come up with that suggestion as I seem to remember reading that the FAA way is "depart and climb to 300 feet below pattern altitude before turning onto crosswind"...this would have them climbing to a nominal 700' agl.
No doubt somebody will shoot me down for saying that...but it doesn't seem unreasonable...and for the purists who insist that that "in the event of an engine failure below 700' we will not turn back to the airfield" they have a 'cross check'.
Any more comments? Remember students read these threads as well as instructors. We can get some good arguments across here.
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