BeechNut
While I see what you are saying, I really do not understand the logic.
Of course I would do a weights & balance prior to any flight especially one fully or nearly fully loaded and would stick to the guidelines for any slightly extreme manouveres based on the weights and balance calculations.
It seems bizzare to say the least thay an instructor has pretty much refused to 'demonstrate' or allow me to be familliarised of a fully laden PA28 performing a steep turn in the name of awareness/therefore safety. A steep turn is a manuovre that one would knowingly instigate during flight under the right conditions and therfore (IMHO) be practised and if I intend to do any flying fully laden then (W&B permitting) I do not see how a demonstration on my checkride be such a bad thing.
Now stalling is a situation that you would not be expected to knowingly enter in flight so obviously there is some logic in not practicing the full stall when near the W&B limits however slow flight IS a manouvre that one would possibly expect to do during a normal flight under the right conditions and therefore as my previous reasoning for the steep turns, should be demonstrated under qualified instruction.
As for the PAX being sick. If my PAX (a PPL holder) is prepared to come along and is aware of the maonuvres being taught then he/she should be/will prepared.
The strange thing is, this appears to be the opinion of one instructor at the school, I am aware of at least on other instructor at the same school who (during my PPL training) who would happily promote my views.