could allow you to develop sloppy habits that might bite you later on
Not wishing to drag this thread off-topic, but surely that's why one goes to learn at a good school with experienced instructors, not one staffed by p2f atpl wannabes and neither one of those cheap and cheerful courses on the other side of the pond and then come back unable to cope with the demands of UK/EU airspace. So perhaps you would care to elaborate ?
You've got a minimum of 45 hours, minimum 25 dual IIRC .... surely that gives a good instructor more than enough time to hammer the good habits into the thick skulls of his/her students ? That's one of the things I liked about BAFC, there was an absolute focus on developing the professionalism of the student, for example my instructor was keen to spend more time on key aspects of instrument work than was strictly needed for the basic PPL syllabus because of the importance of being proficient in the use of navaids, so I learnt to posfix whilst hand-flying an orbit to +-max 100/0ft (i.e CPL SEP altitude holding) whilst remaining strictly VFR (lookout etc.) For me, yes, spending less than 5 hours in a traumahawk was useful, in terms of SSAT ... but other than that, the Warrior was much nicer to fly, especially when the focus moved from skills to nav. I wouldn't dream of doing a QXC in a traumahawk !
