How is it that a touch down auto is considered more risky than a run on landing with a jammed pedal or collective?
Or does that not come into the equation
They are all very controllable manouvers (at least they should be) in the right environment. It is not like any flight school will be rubbing their skids on a surface they are not familiar with.
It is a great bit of exposure and completion for the student to have a slide on the grass. The money that they pay for their ticket should ensure that the instuctor is proficient and able to provide as much quality exposure as possible.
In respect to the above if they really want to increase safety standards they should increase the minimum requirements for an instructors rating.
I realise that it has become a bit of an avenue to obtain hours early on but it is just not right. I am not having a go at the blokes who are doing it I think that the industry is the culprit that allows it.
Maybe I was a bit of a slow learner but I was still learning way too much with less than a 1000hrs to teach someone else to the extent that their dollars deserve. I would have started feeling comfortable with 2000/2500.
Most people will carry a lot of basic methods and traits from their initial training. Even the undisciplined ones. A lot of good advice and maybe a few scares along the way will adjust and improve(in most cases) their approach but your attitude towards aviation, to a larger part, is developed at the flying school.
That is why it should be value for money.