Originally Posted by flintstone
No. It means you're safer.
Not necessarily.
Here begins the debate
What is a 'perfect' circuit?
I happen to know what backpacker's flying, and fly the same type. I also know he flies aeros in it (as do I). There's nothing intrinsically unsafe about a 45 degree bank. Nor is there anything wrong with using a 15 degree bank.
*Personally* I'd rather fly with someone who has some feel for the aeroplane, and can fly like that safely, than someone who's perfectly by the numbers and freaks out when they see more than 30 odd degrees of bank. My pet hate is people turning final miles out, extending full flap despite a stonking headwind, then thrashing it all the way in with power, well under glide. What if?
Yes, doing it by the numbers works, but there are many other solutions which are equally appropriate.