Fuji
Maintaining control and flying speed is paramount in any situation. what I am really pushing is for situational awareness and pilots keeping options or other doors open to them incase their only door closes.
I realise that we are not all the same and that some are very low time inexperienced pilots.
While many of us can quite happily make a 90 degree turn off the inbound track at 200 feet many cannot but a 30-45 degree turn left or right of track should safely be in the realms of most.
Fixation means the pilot is not situationally aware and fixation not just in PFLs is the biggest killer of all.
A pilot maybe way to high for his chosen field but is fixated that he lands there. As you Said he is inexperienced so unlikely to be an Ace at sideslipping.
He pushes the nose over up goes the speed. he flies down the chosen field straight into the trees.
Fixated again he is too low and fixated on making his field up goes the nose to get there stall/spin
Left or right of his track or ahead of his chosen landing field maybe a totally suitable area.
It is always having the big picture and hence the options which for me is what should be taught.
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