A37575: I'll stay out of "where should your hands be" discussion, as it's already covered, but will otherwise offer up a "yes, what he said" regarding the difference between UA training, instrument scan, and its utility (In Type!) over aerobatics in a different type.
That said, I think all flight training before one can get a PPL ought to include some aerobatics, as a confidence builder and in understanding how to Control The Aircraft.
I admit to a bias, since that is how I was trained as a fledgling going through Navy flight training. I appreciate arguments against.
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