Originally Posted by
Big Pistons Forever
It is very discouraging to fly with recent PPL graduates and observe that they can not fly at a stable pitch attitude, that the airplane is not properly trimmed, that the aircraft is not balanced, that there are continual significant airspeed and altitude excursions etc etc. That is where flying instruction needs to improve. Instructors IMO are not demanding enough of their students.
I'd agree. In a couple of words, that's sloppy flying & I'd say the longer such habits continue, the harder they are to unlearn - so better by far to demand stricter standards from the word go.
Transitioning from the PA38/28 to the Chippy made me very aware of the 'bad habits' I'd been allowed to get away with during initial training & my spamcan flying improved noticeably afterwards.