It seems that those if us who have tried teaching both methods have a strong preference for point'n'power whereas those who've only taught attitude-for-speed can't see how the other method works. One of life's perennial problems is that we can't know what we don't know
Students don't seem to have a problem with the concept of:
- when power is fixed (either max power or no power): attitude = speed
- when power is variable: power = speed
... this applies whether flying a horizontal line, or a straight line to a point on the ground.
SkippingLass asked why it was more appopriate for complex aircraft - the point I was making was that because many SEPL FIs teach attitude for power it's inappropriate to introduce point'n'power until the stude is entirely "yours" and learning something new.
FWIW I think I recall that some years ago the chief examiner recommended p'n'p as the method to teach.
HFD